Which biome is characterized by sclerophyllous vegetation?
“Chaparral” for which biome is characterized by sclerophyllous vegetation. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. Terrestrial biomes are distinguished primarily by long-term temperature and precipitation regimes, their seasonality, and the vegetation physiognomy those conditions support. Latitude is informative only because it often covaries with climate. The remaining alternatives—“Savanna”, “Tundra”, “Taiga”—refer to different states, processes, or scales and therefore do not express th
Ref: Campbell Biology, Urry et al., 12th Ed., Ch. 52