Campbell Essential Biology Plus Mastering Biology with eText -- Access Card Package (6th Edition) (Simon et al., The Campbell Essential Biology Series)
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Author: Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Kelly A. Hogan, Jane B. Reece
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Chapter 18, Problem 5SQ
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The biomes that are tundra, northern, coniferous forest, desert, grassland, temperate broadleaf forest, and tropical forest in the given graph.
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A biome is a life zone that culminates the Earth’s environments using various combinations biotic and abiotic factors. The aquatic biome and terrestrial biome are the examples of biomes on the Earth.
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