BioConcepts

biomeBiom (ger.)

• A biotic community of plants and animals; spec. such a community in a prehistoric period. (OED)
  category biosphere

  1916

  past climates and biotic communities, or biomes

  Clements, F.E. (1916). Plant Succession: 319; cf. Phillips, J. (1931). The biotic community. J. Ecol. 19, 1-24: 4; Jax, K. (2002). Die Einheiten der Ökologie: 71f.

  1935

  the whole complex of organisms present in an ecological unit may be called the biome

  Tansley, A.G. (1935). The use and abuse of vegetational concepts and terms. Ecology 16, 284-307: 306.

  1939

  the biome as a social organism

  Clements, F.E. & Shelford, V.E. (1939). Bio-Ecology: 20ff.; cf. Carpenter, J.R. (1939). The biome. Amer. Midl. Nat. 21, 75-91.

  1970

  Formation is used when the concern is with plant communities only, biome when the concern is with both plants and animals.

  Whittaker, R.H. (1970). Communities and Ecosystems: 51.

  1976

  Mit «Biom» bezeichnen wir […] große ökologische Einheiten, die sowohl die Umwelt als auch die biotischen Komponenten einschließen.

  Walter, H. (1976). Die ökologischen Systeme der Kontinente (Biogeosphäre). Prinzipien ihrer Gliederung mit Beispielen: 6.

  1982

  biome A biogeographical region or formation; amajor regional ecological communitycharacterized by distinctive life forms and principal plant (terrestrial biomes) or animal (marine biomes) species; see Appendix 5. 

  Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 33.