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This is the taiga

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Books:

The Taiga Biome

Forest Explorer

Living in the Taiga

Websites:

www.windows2universe.org

www.bioexpedition.com

www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm

nationalgeographic.com

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Needles make the soil acidic so plants can't grow easily.

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Annual Temperature Range: -65F to 70F

Annual Precipitation: 16-40 inches a year

Latitude Range: 50N-Arctic Circle

Seasonal Changes: Summer (short) and Winter (long)

Possible Extreme Weather Events: Blizzards

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the alga provides food for the

fungus and itself

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Soils on which Balsam Fir grow, range from silt.

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Here is an example of a food web in a Taiga

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Caribou live mostly in places with cold temperatures and snow.

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North America

Asia

Europe

It is only found in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Taiga is the largest land biome. The largest taiga is 5,800 kilometers (3,600 miles).

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Grizzly bears live in cold temperatures, use streams to catch fish (their prey) and hibernate during the winter.

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Many pill bugs ward off predators by curling their tiny bodies into balls.

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Trees are used for making paper, railroad ties, telephone poles. Spruce wood is good for making stringed instruments, such as guitars,

violins, and cellos. Resin from fir and larch trees is used to make turpentine. Resin from fir trees is also used to make a produte that

gluses pieces of glass together to make lenses for glasses. The bark from a hemlock tree is used for tanning leather.

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Direct human activity such as hunting and clearcutting.

Overhunting for sport or for food/furs can greatly impact the taiga food chain.

Climate change effects the wildlife because if the temperature/precipitation changes too much plants and animals can't adapt.

The worst threat is people cutting down trees to use for lumber. Clearcutting is the worst form of logging, clearing entire sections of forest. Clearcutting increases the risk of erosion and flooding. Without a root system to anchor it, a taiga's soil can be blown away by wind or worn away by rain or snow. This exposes the bedrock and permafrost beneath the taiga, which does not support many forms of life.