To the north and east, the dry deciduous forests transition to the Deccan thorn scrub forests.

For example, edges where forests transition to meadows, marshes or tundra can offer chances to see forest wildlife that might otherwise be hidden among the dark branches.

To the west, the forests transition to the drier Bahia interior forests.

Above 800 meters elevation, the dry forests transition to the Sierra de la Laguna pine-oak forests.

To the north, the forests transition to the dry lowland Tamaulipan mezquital and the upland Tamaulipan matorral.

To the east, the forests transition to the drier Pernambuco interior forests and Caatinga.

At higher elevations Mediterranean forests transition to mixed broadleaf and tall conifer forests similar to temperate zone forests.

Northeast of Holton, those forests transition to farm land as M-120 turns to the north.

To the east by the Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests transition to the Caucasus mixed forests.

To the east, at approximately 800 metres elevation, the lowland forests transition gradually to the Madagascar subhumid forests ecoregion.