Brasil: métodos e estudos de caso. Vol. 1. Viçosa: Editora UFV. pp. 44-85. . Earlier version, 2003, . In 1935, Tansley added the climatic and soil aspects to the idea, calling it ecosystem. The International Biological Program (1964-74) projects popularized the concept of biome.

However, in some contexts, the term biome is used in a different manner. In German literature, particularly in the Walter