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Shrubland biomes near Amoonguna, Australia
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13.6%
of land area
12.9%
of global population
12.1%
of food calories
11.6%
of key biodiversity areas
11.7%
of protected areas
3.4%
of carbon storage

Shrub-covered landscapes

The shrubland biome is covered by shrubs and other woody plants with little or no grass cover. It occupies the fourth largest percentage of land area, the fourth largest for protected area, and the third largest for key biodiversity area. Shrublands contributes the fourth largest percentage to global food calories and third largest percentage to carbon storage.

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Shrubland biomes near Amoonguna, Australia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shrubland.jpg Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons