Terrestrial ecology

Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Environments can be classified and categorized into several communities and these are called Biomes. Biomes, defined by [Biology-online.org,] are major ecological communities of organisms adapted to a particular climatic or environmental condition on a large geographic area in which they occur. Terrestrial biomes are the communities on land that are categorized through environmental conditions on a large geographical area. There are several terrestrial biomes to consider when studying this topic: Tundra, Taiga, Grassland, Chaparral, Desert, Tropical, and Temperate deciduous forest.