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Environment and Public Health > Environment > Ecosystem > Forests > Taiga
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Ecosystem > Forests > Taiga

Preferred term

Taiga  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Boreal Forest
  • Boreal Forests
  • Forest, Boreal
  • Forests, Boreal

Scope note

  • An ecosystem dominated by coniferous forests including the tree line bordered by TUNDRA to the north and STEPPE to the south.

History note

  • 2015

In other languages

  • taiga

    Finnish

  • boreaalinen vyöhyke
  • pohjoinen havumetsävyöhyke
  • Tajga

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D066188

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