Temperate Climate
Montane forests in temperate climate are typically one of temperate coniferous forest or temperate broadleaf and mixed forest, forest types that are well known from northern Europe, northern United States, and southern Canada. The trees are, however, often not identical to those found further north: geology and climate causes different related species to occur in montane forests.
Montane forests around the world tend to be more species-rich than those in Europe, because major mountain chains in Europe are oriented east-west, which blocked species migration in the last ice age.
Montane forests in temperate climate occur in Europe (the Alps, Carpathians, Caucasus and more), in North America (Cascade Range, Klamath-Siskiyou, Appalachians and more), south-western South America, New Zealand and Himalaya.
Read more about this topic: Montane Ecology, Montane Forests
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