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2. Taiga - Wikipedia

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   The taiga of North America is mostly spruce; Scandinavian and Finnish taiga consists of a mix of spruce, pines and birch; Russian taiga has spruces, pines and larches depending on the region; and the Eastern Siberian taiga is a vast larch forest. [3] Taiga in its current form is a relatively recent phenomenon, having only existed for the last ...

3. Arctic ecology - Wikipedia

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   Arctic ecology is the scientific study of the relationships between biotic and abiotic factors in the arctic, the region north of the Arctic Circle (66° 33’N). [1] This region is characterized by two biomes: taiga (or boreal forest) and tundra. [2]

4. Boreal ecosystem - Wikipedia

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   Boreal forest near Shovel Point in Tettegouche State Park, along the northern shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota.. A boreal ecosystem is an ecosystem with a subarctic climate located in the Northern Hemisphere, approximately between 50° and 70°N latitude.

5. Taiga of North America - Wikipedia

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   This is a large operation that started in Alberta Canada. Oil extraction has a direct effect on the taiga forests because the most valuable and abundant oil resources come from taiga forests. Tar sands have affected over 75% of the habitat in the Alberta taiga forest due to the clearing of the forests and the oil ponds that come from the ...

6. Scandinavian and Russian taiga - Wikipedia

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   The Scandinavian and Russian taiga is an ecoregion within the taiga and boreal forests biome as defined by the WWF classification (ecoregion PA0608). [1] It is situated in Northern Europe between tundra in the north and temperate mixed forests in the south and occupies about 2,156,900 km 2 (832,800 sq mi) in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the northern part of European Russia, being the largest ...

7. Birds of North American boreal forests - Wikipedia

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   Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, the boreal forest covers 2.3 million square miles, a larger area than the remaining Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Although it is largely forest, the boreal forests include a network of lakes, river valleys, wetlands, peat lands and semi-open tundra. Black Spruce boreal forest, Copper River, Alaska.

8. Uncover the Truth: Do Reindeer Really Live at the North Pole?

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   Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports. Weather. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ... Formed by the coniferous taiga woods of the Arctic, the Arctic tundra encircles the North Pole. It spans ...

9. Boreal forest of Canada - Wikipedia

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   Canada's boreal forest is a vast region comprising about one third of the circumpolar boreal forest that rings the Northern Hemisphere, mostly north of the 50th parallel. [1] Other countries with boreal forest include Russia , which contains the majority; the United States in its northernmost state of Alaska ; and the Scandinavian or Northern ...