Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305389892
Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 51, Problem 8TYK
From which biome are trees excluded by periodic fires and grazing herbivores?
a. tropical rainforest
b. thorn forest
c. chaparral
d. temperate grassland
e. arctic tundra
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