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Taiga or tayga ( ; , ), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches.
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The taiga, also called boreal forest or snow forest, is a type of landscape dominated by coniferous trees like pines, spruces, and larches. It represents one of Earth's major forest biomes and plays a significant role in the planet's ecosystems and climate systems.
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Key facts
- Ecoregion.name
- Taiga
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- Taiga ecoregion.png
- Ecoregion.map_size
- 300
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- The taiga is found throughout the high northern latitudes, between the tundra and the temperate forest, from about 50°N to 70°N, but with considerable regional variation.
- Ecoregion.climate
- Köppen climate classification#Group D: Continental/microthermal climates|
- Ecoregion.image
- Jack London Lake by bartosh.jpg
- Ecoregion.image_caption
- Jack London Lake in Kolyma, Russia
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Research
1,114 papers- Ixodes persulcatus (taiga tick).Trends in parasitology · 2026Taya Y, Ohsugi Y, Nakao RDOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2026.01.011
- Wildfires in the Siberian taiga.Ambio · 2021Kharuk VI, Ponomarev EI, Ivanova GA et al.DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01490-x
- The dynamics of the tundra-taiga boundary: an overview and suggested coordinated and integrated approach to research.ReviewAmbio · 2002Callaghan TV, Crawford RM, Eronen M et al.
- How will the tundra-taiga interface respond to climate change?ReviewAmbio · 2002Skre O, Baxter R, Crawford RM et al.
- Analysis of taiga and tundra lake browning trends from 2002 to 2021 using MODIS data.Journal of environmental management · 2024Wang Z, Shang Y, Li Z et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120576
- Mechanism of Overwintering in Trees.ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology · 2018Arakawa K, Kasuga J, Takata NDOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1244-1_8
- Evaluation of the efficacy of permethrin- and cypermethrin-based textile against taiga tick, Ixodes persulcatus.Experimental & applied acarology · 2023Zverev SA, Andreev SV, Sakharov KA et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10493-023-00785-4
- Recent introgression between Taiga Bean Goose and Tundra Bean Goose results in a largely homogeneous landscape of genetic differentiation.Heredity · 2020Ottenburghs J, Honka J, Müskens GJDM et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41437-020-0322-z
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- Category:Taiga and boreal forests
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- WikiProject Climate change
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