It is interesting to note that the biome concept focuses almost exclusively on t

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It is interesting to note that the biome concept focuses almost exclusively on the varied forms of terrestrial plants, not animals. One reason for this focus is that plants are the most conspicuous and readily enumerated components of terrestrial systems. Another reason, however, is that animals are generally less variable in their forms than plants, as climate changes from place to place. Animals are thus less well suited as the means to designate and recognize biomes. This observation begs the following question: Why are the forms of plants more responsive to variations in climate than the forms of animals?

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Animals are mobile and can move from one region to another. They have strong responsiveness and behavioural changes. But plants cannot move and hence they develop strong resistance against stress and strain so that they can survive, Hence they can withstand climatic changes more easily than animals.

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