what are the difference between tropical decidious forests and temperate decidious forests?
Tropical deciduous forests | Temperate deciduous forests |
a. Tropical deciduous are the monsoon forests found in the large part of India,northern Australia and in central America. | These are found in the north eastern part of USA, China, New Zealand, Chile. |
b. Trees shed their leaves in the dry season to conserve water |
b. They shed their leaves in the dry season |
c. Important trees found are sal, teak, neem and shisham. | c. Important trees are oak, ash, beech etc. |
d. Common animals found are Tigers, lions, elephants, langoors and monkeys |
Common animals found are Deer, foxes, wolves. Birds like pheasants, monals are also found here. |