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vegetation zone

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vegetation zone [‚vej·ə′tā·shən ‚zōn]
(ecology)
An extensive, even transcontinental, band of physiognomically similar vegetation on the earth's surface.
Plant communities assembled into regional patterns by the area's physiography, geological parent material, and history.


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The Los Alamos park covers 28,400 acres of juniper-pi[+ or -]on forest and grassland and is home to five vegetation zones.
On the basis of these results, it seems that global warming accelerates the spread of plants, but it will not alone be sufficient to help plant populations to relocate to new vegetation zones.
The changes may lead to a rise in sea levels, a change in vegetation zones, an increase in disease levels and a change in ecosystems.
 
 
 
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