Species in this family have a widespread distribution in temperate and montane habitats.

Water temperatures vary widely on a seasonal basis in polar and temperate habitats, inducing metabolic changes in organisms exposed to these conditions.

These included the charred seeds and nuts of tropical trees and other plants, but no plant remains associated with temperate habitats.

Birds near the equator laid approximately half as many eggs as those that resided in northern temperate habitats.

They occur in temperate and tropical habitats.

The leaves of such plants may therefore have 'fruit features', even though the original megafauna has been removed from many tropical and temperate habitats.

On the other hand, the proportions of vegetation destroyed in temperate habitats are much less, and this does not seem to be a limiting factor in these areas.

Many species that thrive in polar habitats are found also in subpolar and temperate habitats.

The whitefly thrives worldwide in tropical, subtropical, and less predominately in temperate habitats.

This is because these species tend to range in tropical habitats, although a few species do inhabit temperate and subarctic habitats.