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Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Temperate Forests

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Temperate forests are distributed extensively in middle latitude regions, where the mean annual temperature range is 3–18°C and the mean annual precipitation range is 500–3,300 mm (for cooler region 500–2,000 mm; warmer season 500–3,300 mm). The total area and biomass of the world’s temperate forests are slightly less than those of tropical and boreal forests; their net productivity is second to that of tropical wet and moist forests, and is greater than that of boreal forests (Table 12.1).

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  1. Department of Forest Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Ohte, N., Tokuchi, N. (2011). Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Temperate Forests. In: Levia, D., Carlyle-Moses, D., Tanaka, T. (eds) Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry. Ecological Studies, vol 216. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1363-5_12

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