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mountains keystone species

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wolf, mountain beaver, tapir, mountain goat

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mountains temperature

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drops 3.5 degrees F every 1000 feet

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Mountains precipitation

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Vary around 10 inches per year

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Deciduous Forest keystone species

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bear, cougar, white tailed deer, oak, hickory, maple

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Deciduous Forest Temperature

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90 degrees F in summer, 30 degrees F in winter

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Deciduous Forest Precipitation

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30-60 inches

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Tropical Rain forest Keystone species

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jaguar, strangler fig, orangutan/ Leaf cuffler ant

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Tropical Rain forest Temperature

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68 to 93 degrees F

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Tropical Rain forest Precipitation

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100-260 inches

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temperate rain forest keystone species

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salmon, black bear, cougar, Roosevelt, elk

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temperate rain forest Temperature

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60-80 degrees F

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temperate rain forest Precipitation

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75-150 inches

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deserts keystone species

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desert ironwood, cacti, desert fox, kangaroo rat

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Desert temperature

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hot desert (freezing at night to over 100 degrees F during day)
cold desert (see tundra)

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desert precipitation

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less than 10 inches

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polar region keystone species

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polar bear, krill

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polar region temperature

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(-30) to the freezing point (32 degrees F)

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polar region precipitation

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less than 10 inches

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taiga keystone species

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scotts pine, amur tiger, black bear, grizzly bear, beaver

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Taiga temperature

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winter: (-65) degrees F to 30 degrees F
summer: (-20) degrees F to 70 degrees F

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Taiga precipitation

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15 to 33 inches

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grasslands keystone species

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prairie dog and bison

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Grasslands temperature

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(-40) to 100 degrees F
found everywhere at all latitudes

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grasslands precipitation

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20-35 inches

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savanna keystone species

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african elephant/lion/african wild dog

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Savanna temperature

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68-86 degrees F

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savanna precipitation

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10-30 inches

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tundra keystone species

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polar bear, caribou, lemming, lichen, arctic moss

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Tundra temperature

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(-30 degrees F) to 32 degrees F

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tundra precipitation

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6-10 inches

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