This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands, temperate deciduous forests, Mediterranean scrub, coniferous ...

The map above shows where rainforest biomes are located in the world. There is a link between climate, vegetation and biomes. Tropical hot wet climates are found close to the Equator where the ...

The simulated biome was basically in good agreement with a potential natural vegetation map based on a numerical comparison between two maps using the ΔV statistic (ΔV = 0.38). A coupled ...