Definition of biome Biome
/bajˈowˌm/ - [bayowm] - bi•ome
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What does biome mean?
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| biome - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate | ||
| biotic community, community (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other | ||
| desert arid land with little or no vegetation | ||
| grassland land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life | ||
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biome
A major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities best adapted to the region's physical natural environment, latitude, altitude, and terrain.
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In ecology, a biome is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal
communities best adapted to the region's physical natural environment,
latitude, elevation, and terrain.
A biome is made up of ecoregions or communities at stable steady state and all associated transitional, disturbed, or degraded, vegetation, fauna and soils, but can often be identified by the climax vegetation type.
The biodiversity characteristic of each biome, especially the diversity of fauna and subdominant plant forms, is a function of abiotic factors and the biomass productivity of the dominant vegetation. Species diversity tends to be higher in terrestrial biomes with higher net primary productivity, moisture availability, and temperature.
Biomes are often given local names. For example, a temperate grassland or shrubland biome is known commonly as "steppe" in central Asia, "savanna" or veld in southern Africa, "prairie" in North America, "pampa" in South America and "outback" or "scrub" in Australia.
Sometimes an entire biome may be targeted for protection, especially under an individual nation's "Biodiversity Action Plan".
Terrestrial biomes.
Biodiversity generally increases away from the poles towards the equator, and increases with humidity.
The most widely used systems of classifying biomes correspond to latitude (or temperature zoning) and humidity.
Udvardy system.
In 1975, Miklos Udvardy published a system of biogeographic provinces that were divided into 12 terrestrial biomes.
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