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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 30, Problem 9RQ
What environmental factor best explains why the natural biome is shortgrass prairie in eastern Colorado, tallgrass prairie in Illinois, and deciduous forest in Ohio?
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