The human impact on nature is a major driver of biodiversity loss and restricted ecosystem functioning and services. Assessing such global changes is often done by using biomes as benchmarks. However, ...

Animals such as owls, red deer and badgers live in these forests. The characteristics of global biomes are determined by several factors. Latitude close latitudeImaginary lines that run east to ...

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

And plants are a major part of nearly every single biome. So, they have a lot to teach us about our whole world — and how it’s changing. Hi! I'm Alexis, and this is Crash Course Botany.

More information: S. Emil Ruff, A global comparison of surface and subsurface microbiomes reveals large scale biodiversity gradients, and a marine-terrestrial divide, Science Advances (2024). DOI ...