What are some the main characteristics of the temperate deciduous forest?
Temperate deciduous forests occupy a central positionamong the world’s biomes, occurring in regions of intermediatetemperature, precipitation and latitude. They arebracketed geographically by biomes that are more extremein climate, productivity and diversity: boreal forest and tundra to the colder high latitudes; temperate coniferous forests.and grasslands toward the drier climate zones; and tropicalforests in warmer regions (Reich and Bolstad, 2001). Forestvegetation is classified by broad climate zones (tropical,temperate, boreal) and by leaf form and habit (broad versusneedle-leafed forest, evergreen versus deciduous). Temperateforests are considered one of the five dominant foresttypes, along with boreal forest, temperate mixed or coniferousforests, subtropical/tropical wet forests, and subtropical/tropical dry forests. Generally, a forest is consideredtemperate if it is found in a climate with a warm summerand a markedly cool or cold winter. Typically, temperateforests are found b
