Principles of Biology
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ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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A biome is the community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in. They are distinct biological communities that have been formed in response to a shared physical climate. Terrestrial biomes are the large scale communities present on Earth. Annual precipitation and temperature are the two main physical factors which are the characteristic feature of the terrestrial biome.
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