Seasonal Forest

Description

The ecosystems of seasonal forests undergo drastic change twice a year. In spring and autumn, the entire biotic community must transform itself at exactly the same time - and it can only do this if all its animal life is working together in perfect accord. This program observes the vast biome of North America's seasonal forests over the course of one year. Highlights include footage of flying squirrels leaping from tree to tree in the fall, a lynx's strategies for surviving the winter, the significance of caterpillars to the forest canopy, and the importance to the forest of a bear's fishing exploits.

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49 min

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Date of Publication

[2013], c2012

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