Biomes are the major, easily recognizable associations between plants and animals.
Each
Biome has a unique
climatic condition heavily influenced by rainfall (or availability of water) and to a lesser extent light, temperature and other abiotic factors. Each biome can be characterized by a particular
plant species which predominates.
Biomes are subdivided into ecological communities, each with a unique association of plant and animal populations.
Biomes follow a characteristic distribution pattern north or
south of the equator, or by elevation based on climatic factors. Generally traveling north or south of the
equator one might encounter the following biomes:
Tropical rain
forest Desert
Grassland
Chaparral (if present found in coastal regions with Mediterranean climate)
Deciduous Forest
Taiga
Tundra
More abstracts about the Terrestrial Biomes