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Summary Of: Forestsand these hunting forests were not necessarily wooded much if at all... as hunting forests did often include considerable areas of woodland... Forests can be found in all regions capable of sustaining tree growth... Forests sometimes contain many tree species within a small area... Forests are often home to many animal and plant species... Forests are differentiated from... Forests can be classified in different ways and to different degrees of specificity... Another distinction is whether the forests composed predominantly of broadleaf trees... classifies forests based on their overall physical structure or developmental stage... Forests can also be classified more specifically based on the climate and the dominant tree species... Temperate needleleaf forests mostly occupy the higher latitude regions of the northern hemisphere... These forests are composed entirely... Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests include a substantial component of trees in the... include such forest types as the mixed deciduous forests of the USA and their counterparts in China and Japan... forests of Chile and New Zealand... Tropical moist forests include many different forest types... forests and the terra firme forests of the Amazon Basin... forests of Southeast Asia... and the high forests of the Congo Basin... The forests of tropical mountains are also included in this broad category... those forests at middle to high altitude... forests also fall within this broad category... as do most of the tropical coniferous forests of Central America... Tropical dry forests are characteristic of areas in the tropics affected by seasonal... the proportion of evergreen species increases and the forests are characterised as... Sparse trees and parkland are forests with open canopies of 10... an important role in alleviating pressure on natural forests for timber and fuelwood production... Natural forests in which the tree canopy cover is between 10... Natural forests in which the tree canopy cover is between 10... while the management of forests is often referred to as... many natural factors that can cause changes in forests over time including... s original forests remained in large intact tracts of undisturbed forest... of these intact forests lie in three countries... most forests have historically been affected by humans to some degree... Globally two broad types of forests can be identified... Natural forests contain mainly natural patterns of biodiversity in established seral patterns... Anthropogenic forests have been created by humans or sufficiently affected by humans to change or remove natural...Encyclodia Page On: Forests |
