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In addition to deforestation and overgrazing, agriculture has taken over many parts of forests. People first started converting forests for agricultural use, such as farming. Broad leaves on trees in temperate deciduous forests help provide shade for shrubs and other plants on the ground. While a wide variety of animals and birds found homes in these forests, their populations dwindle as humans continue to remove the trees and use the land for other purposes.

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The temperate deciduous forest biome  is very cool and rainy most of the time. In the fall the leaves will fall off of the trees. The following spring they will emerge again. During the summer months the temperature will range from 75 to 86 degrees.  It snows at the start of winter and the average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches.

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One example of prey and predator is the brown bear and bass. Since the brown bear is an omnivore and a predator, they feast on smaller prey, like fish.

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In mutualism, both organisms benefit.

In commensalism, one benefits and the other is unaffected.

In parasitism, one benefits and the other is harmed.

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Temperate forests are found in northern and southern hemisphere, or in temperate regions, regions with mild temperatures.
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Temperate deciduous forests have a wet environment. The average yearly precipitation is 30 - 60 inches. This precipitation falls throughout the year, but in the winter it falls as snow. The average temperature in temperate deciduous forests is 50°F. Summers are mild, and average about 70°F, while winter temperatures are often well below freezing.

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Temperate deciduous forests grow includes mountains, valleys, rolling hills, and flat plateaus. In the Southern Hemisphere, dry deciduous forests tend to occur near grasslands where the land is rolling or more nearly level.

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North America, birds like broad-winged hawks, cardinals, snowy owls, and pileated woodpeckers are found in this biome. Mammals in North American temperate deciduous forests include white-tailed deer, raccoons, opossums, porcupines and red foxes.

Animals that live in the temperate deciduous forest must be able to adapt to the changing seasons. Some animals in this biome migrate or hibernate in the winter. Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in endotherms.

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There are two main types of forest, deciduous forests and evergreen forests. Deciduous forest are bursting with life in the spring. Deciduous forests tend to be found in the Northern Hemisphere, in parts of Europe, Japan and North America. The largest temperate deciduous forest biome is found in the Northern part of Russian and into Scandinavia.

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Some plants in the temperate forest biome include..
-Oak
-Sycamore
-Birch
Most of the forest consists of large trees, and smaller shrubs
Broad leaves can capture a lot of sunlight for a tree. Many trees have thick bark to protect against the cold winters in the temperate deciduous forest. In the autumn, deciduous trees drop their leaves to minimize water loss.