GEOG 1220 Chapter Notes - Chapter Unit 8: Montane Ecosystems, Tropical And Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests, Temperate Forest
12 Feb 2018
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Forests cover roughly 31% of the earth"s land surface. Serve as one of the most important reservoirs in the carbon cycle: trees are like all other plants (they are autotrophs), create their own food energy by photosynthesis. A forest is land area with significant tree coverage and the canopy is closed: boreal forest - high latitude forest type, characterized by cold relatively dry climates with short growing seasons. Grades through the taiga to the north and the tundra biome. Evergreen and coniferous trees: temperate forest - second major forest biome, occurs midlatitude areas of seasonal climate, which experience distinct winter season and summer growing season. Occur throughout eastern north america, northeastern asia, and western and central europe. Consist of white spruces, tamarack and jack and lodgepole pines are main coniferous species: forests of the west - subalpine forest region of the mountains of bc and western alberta.
