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A biome ( / ˈbaɪ.oʊm /) is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life. It consists of a biological community that has formed in response to its physical environment and regional climate. [ 1][ 2] Biomes may span more than one continent. A biome encompasses multiple ecosystems within its boundaries.
2°58′S 64°36′W. / 2.97°S 64.60°W / -2.97; -64.60. The Amazon biome ( Portuguese: Bioma Amazônia) contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east. The biome contains blackwater and whitewater flooded forest ...
Plant ecology. Plant ecology is a subdiscipline of ecology that studies the distribution and abundance of plants, the effects of environmental factors upon the abundance of plants, and the interactions among plants and between plants and other organisms. [ 1] Examples of these are the distribution of temperate deciduous forests in North America ...
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. [ 1] The predominant vegetation in this biome consists of grass and/or shrubs. The climate is temperate and ranges from semi-arid to semi-humid. The habitat type differs from tropical grasslands in the annual temperature regime as ...
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An ecotone is a transition area between two biological communities, [ 1] where two communities meet and integrate. [ 2] It may be narrow or wide, and it may be local (the zone between a field and forest) or regional (the transition between forest and grassland ecosystems ). [ 3] An ecotone may appear on the ground as a gradual blending of the ...
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Anthropogenic biome. Anthropogenic biomes, also known as anthromes, human biomes or intensive land-use biome, describe the terrestrial biosphere ( biomes) in its contemporary, human-altered form using global ecosystem units defined by global patterns of sustained direct human interaction with ecosystems. Anthromes are generally composed of ...