Life: The Science of Biology, David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, David M. Hillis, May Berenbaum, Macmillan, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4292-1962-4, ... A biome is an environment that is defined by its climatic and geographic attributes and characterized by ecologically similar organisms, particularly its dominant plants ...
Toward a Unified Ecology, Timothy F. H. Allen, Thomas W. Hoekstra, Columbia University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-231-06919-9, ... What makes a biotic collection a biome is the manner in which all members are pressed against certain constraints that dictate plant architecture of the dominant. The same vegetation can be seen as either an exemplar of a community or a biome ...
Environmental Science, Daniel D. Chiras, pp. 83, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4496-1486-7, ... The Desert Biome ... often widely spaced on the desert floor, which reduces competition for water and ensures an adequate supply. How do plants space themselves? Some plants release growth-inhibiting chemicals into the soil that deter competitors from taking root in a region around them ...
