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Boreal Forest - General Ecology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Ecology and Environment
These are the lecture slides of General Ecology. Key important points are: Boreal Forest, Aka Taiga, Coniferous Forest, Extend from Scandinavia, Siberia to Central Alaska, Threats to Boreal Forests, Global Warming, Competing Coniferous Forest, Oil Reserves
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Boreal Forest
What is a Boreal Forest?
- aka taiga (coniferous forest)
- Covers over 11% of the earths land area
- Some forests are very thick
- Others can pass through easily
Climate
- Winters are long (more than 6 months)
- Summers are too short
- Cannot support a temperate forest
- In Russia and central Siberia temperature - - 70˚C in the winter - Over 30˚C in summer
- Precipitation is moderate
- 200 – 600 mm
- Evaporation rates are low
- Drought is infrequent
Animals & Birds that live in these
forests
Animals
- Beaver
- Black bear
- Bob cat
- Mink
- Fox
- Wolf
- Deer
- Rodent animals
- Wolverines
- Lynx
- Rabbits
Birds
- Bald Eagle
- Gray Jay
- Loon
- Grouse
- Raven
- Common birds