Terrestrial Biomes and Their Distinguishing Characteristics
This text discusses tropical wet forest, savannas, subtropical deserts, chaparral, temperate grasslands, temperate forests, boreal forests, and arctic tundra. Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this textbook.
Topics
- abiotic
- aboveground
- biomass
- abyssal zone
- algal bloom
- aphotic zone
- benthic realm
- biogeography
- biome
- biotic
- canopy
- channel
- clathrates
- climate
- conspecifics
- coral
- reef
- cryptofauna
- ecology
- ecosystem services
- emergent vegetation
- endemic
- estuary
- fall and spring turnover
- global climate change
- greenhouse effect
- greenhouse gases
- haze-effect
- cooling
- heterospecifics
- intertidal zone
- Milankovitch cycles
- neritic zone
- net primary productivity
- ocean upwelling
- oceanic zone
- pelagic realm
- permafrost
- photic zone
- planktivore
- predator
- Sargassum
- solar intensity
- source
- water
- thermocline
- weather
- arctic tundra
- biosphere
- boreal forest
- chaparral
- subtropical desert
- temperate forest
- temperate grassland
- terrestrial biome
- terrestrial environment
- tropical wet forest