Life: The Science of Biology
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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
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The information used to characterize biomes. Also, give comparisons and differences between rainforest biome and temperate evergreen forest biome.
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Biomes are the large ecological areas on the surface of the earth consisting of flora and fauna adapted to a particular environment. It is not an ecosystem but it appears like a massive one. Biomes are used to divide the earth’s land surface, which makes it easy to study various parts of the earth.
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