CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Life in a Woodland Forest 4 CHAPTER TWO Climate and Weather 10 CHAPTER THREE Woodland Forest Plants 16 CHAPTER FOUR Woodland Forest Animals 24 CHAPTER FIVE People and Woodland Forests 32 CHAPTER SIX The Future of Woodland Forests 38 Well-Known Woodland Forests 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
5 CHAPTER ONE Brown bears may weigh twice as much before hibernation as they do in spring LIFE IN A WOODLAND FOREST A 500-pound 227-kg brown bear lumbers through the woods It is in search of a big spring meal It is late May The bear is trying to gain weight it lost during hibernation which ended in April The hungry animal knows exactly where to go to fill its stomach The nearby river is packed with salmon They are coming back from the ocean to reproduce The fish
