Related to taiga:taiga climate taiga(tīˈgə), northern coniferous-forest belt of Eurasia, bordered on the north by the treeless tundra and on the south by the steppe. This vast belt, comprising about one third of the forest land of the world, extends south from the tundra to about...
What is the current or potential effect of climate change on forage lichen in the boreal forest? Location High Boreal, Low Subarctic, and High Subarctic ecoregions of the Taiga Shield Ecozone in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Methods We used fire history data, satellite and air photo images...
generally between about 60° and 70° N. In western North America theKuroshioand North Pacific currents likewise warm the climate and cause the northwarddeflectionof the forest into Alaska andYukonin Canada. On the eastern margin of the continents, the taiga is deflected southward to between about...
The MVI project was conceived in response to GNWT’s needs for baseline forest information to (i) monitor long-term effects of climate change; (ii) supply a primary vegetation dataset that can be used for cumulative impact monitoring; and (iii) undertake regional forest management planning around...