Coniferous forest is a kind of biome situated in temperate regions of the globe that experience warm summers and cools winters, plus sufficient rainfall to enable the forest to thrive.

ecosystem diversity. The earth's variety of deserts, grasslands, forests, mountains, oceans, lakes, rivers, and wetlands can be described as: niche. The role of a species in its ecosystem is its: Generalist. Species with broad niches are described as _________ species. Mutations that survive in a population are determined by natural selection.