The major reason why large-scale areas of broadleaf evergreen trees occur only in the southern hemisphere is that ____

a. only ocean areas are found in the northern hemisphere at the latitude necessary for sustaining these forests
b. broadleaf evergreen species are continentally isolated from the northern hemisphere
c. ocean influence maintains the moderate temperatures needed by this type of tree
d. large areas of these trees in North America were cleared for cultivation
e. they prefer the higher elevations found in the Southern Hemisphere


c

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