The forests started to emerge around ... and gathering to farming in settlements. Among the deciduous broad-leaved beech trees live Japanese serows (a Special Natural Treasure of Japan), black ...

In Japan, 44% of forest lands are plantations, well above the global average of 3.5%. The country began converting deciduous forests to monoculture conifer plantations in the 1960s to supply cheap ...

By definition deciduous forests are located at roughly 40 to 60 degrees north and south of the equator, throughout much of Europe and in countries such as the USA, Mexico, Canada, Chile ...