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Module 1A

Distribution of the World’s Biomes

Ryan KellyHu Lab graduate student

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Biomes are diverse!

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Defining Biomes

A major type of terrestrial community categorized by its dominant plant form, seasonality of leaves, leaf morphology, latitude.

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Worksheet Part 1

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Climate is a good (but not perfect)

predictor of Biome

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Fairbanks, AKFairbanks, AK

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Champaign, IL

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Worksheet Part 2

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Many factors influence ecosystems

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