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

A final look is taken at how humans have used the savanna grasslands. This clip is from the series Ecosystems and Biomes. This could be used to introduce students to the ecosystem of the tropical ...

Take the savanna, for example— a transitional biome between forests and grasslands. Scattered trees, like acacias or baobabs, can feed giraffes and elephants, and grazing mammals like zebras and ...

The biome’s natural grasslands and flooded fields ... the world’s most biodiverse savanna (13.9 million hectares or 34.3 million acres), and around 4% of the Amazon, where native grasslands ...

Investigating the plants and animals of temperate grasslands. The temperate grasslands biome is located on a world map and the climate of the biome described. Presenter Ferne Corrigan then ...