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A biome is a large geographical area with a distinct climate, vegetation, and animal life that work together as an ecosystem. Understanding biomes matters because they help us see how different parts of Earth's environment are organized and how living things adapt to their particular regions.
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- Classifications
- Holdridge (1947, 1964) life zones
- Allee (1949) biome-types
- Kendeigh (1961) biomes
- Whittaker (1962, 1970, 1975) biome-types
- Key definitions for understanding Whittaker's scheme
- Whittaker's parameters for classifying biome-types
- Biome-types
- Goodall (1974–) ecosystem types
- Walter (1976, 2002) zonobiomes
- Schultz (1988) eco-zones
- Bailey (1989) ecoregions
- Olson & Dinerstein (1998) biomes for WWF / Global 200
- [[Biogeographic realm]]s (terrestrial and freshwater)
- Biogeographic realms ([[Marine ecoregion|marine]])
- Biomes (terrestrial)
- Biomes (freshwater)
- Biomes (marine)
- Summary of the scheme
- Other biomes
- Marine biomes
- Anthropogenic biomes
- Microbial biomes
- Endolithic biomes
- Effects of climate change
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.654|One way of mapping terrestrial biomes around the world (excluding Tundra#Antarctic|Antarctic tundra)
A biome ( ) is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, animal life, and an ecosystem. It consists of a biological community that has formed in response to its physical environment and regional climate. In 1935, Tansley added the climatic and soil aspects to the idea, calling it ecosystem. The International Biological Program (1964–74) projects popularized the concept of biome.