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What defines the boundary between two biomes?

“Ecotone” for what defines the boundary between two biomes. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. A biome label describes a broad climatic and structural pattern rather than a single taxonomic assemblage. Similar climates can produce convergent vegetation on different continents even when the species themselves are unrelated. The remaining alternatives—“Climograph”, “Latitude”, “Thermocline”—refer to different states, processes, or scales and therefore do not express the same causal rela

Ref: Campbell Biology, Urry et al., 12th Ed., Ch. 52