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• APA style

  The main Biomes of the World. (2009). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. Retrieved 17:53, February 8, 2012 from http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-main-biomes-of-the-world.

• MLA style

  "The main Biomes of the World." UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2009. UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 8 Feb 2012 <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-main-biomes-of-the-world>.

• MHRA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, 'The main Biomes of the World', UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, 2009, <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-main-biomes-of-the-world> [Accessed 8 February 2012]

• Chicago style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, The main Biomes of the World, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-main-biomes-of-the-world (Accessed 8 February 2012)

• CBE/CSE style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. The main Biomes of the World [Internet]. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library; 2009 [cited 2012 Feb 8]. Available from: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-main-biomes-of-the-world.

• Bluebook style

  The main Biomes of the World, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-main-biomes-of-the-world (Last visited February 8, 2012).

• Bluebook: Harvard JOLT style

  See UNEP/GRID Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, The main Biomes of the World, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-main-biomes-of-the-world (Optional description here) (as of Feb. 8, 2012, 16:53 UTC).

• AMA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. The main Biomes of the World. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2009. Available at: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/the-main-biomes-of-the-world. Accessed February 08, 2012.