| Description |
1 online resource (3 volumes (786 pages)) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Coniferous forest -- Continental margin -- Deciduous forest -- Desert -- Grassland -- Lake and pond -- Ocean -- Rain forest -- River and stream -- Seashore -- Tundra -- Wetland. |
| Summary |
Offers detailed comparative essays on major biomes and their component ecosystems. Includes entries on land biomes and water biomes and covers climate, elevation, soil, water bodies, vegetation, animal life, food web, plant and animal adaptations, endangered species, human effects on the biome and the effects of the environment on humans' culture and economy. |
| Subject |
Biotic communities.
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Ecology.
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Plant communities.
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Animal communities.
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| Added Author |
Gale Group.
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| Added Title |
Encyclopedia of biomes |
| Other Form: |
Print version: UXL encyclopedia of biomes. Detroit, Mich. : UXL, c2008 9781414455167 |
| ISBN |
9781414444260 (electronic book) |
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9781414455167 (set) |
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9781414455174 (v. 1) |
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9781414455181 (v. 2) |
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9781414455198 (v. 3) |
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