part_of part of part of has part has part has_part has component has component determined by biome 2 There has been some concern raised (see Issue #143) about the usefulness of the assertion that organisms have evolved within a given biome. They may have evolved adaptations elsewhere and demonstrating one or the other is often not feasible. Consider relabelling to "environmental system determined by an ecological community" or similar. EcosytemType A biome is an ecosystem to which resident ecological communities have evolved adaptations. EcoLexicon:biome major habitat type LTER:809 ecoregion ecozone habitat biosphere ecosystem ecological community