A community of plants and animals living together in one or other of the major types of habitat found on Earth, such as the temperate grassland, tropical forest, or freshwater habitats. Specific soil types or associations develop and characterize terrestrial biomes (see Figure B12). The temperate grassland biome for example, tends to be dominated by chernozemic, kastanozemic and phaeozemic soils.
Major biomes. Courtesy USDA-NRCS, Soil Survey Division.
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(2008). Biome. In: Chesworth, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3995-9_63
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