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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS > BOREAL FOREST/TAIGA

PREFERRED TERM

BOREAL FOREST/TAIGA  

DEFINITION

  • Pertaining to subarctic forest consisting of primarily of short conifer trees and characterized by intensely cold winters, short summers, and high annual variation in temperature.

BROADER CONCEPT

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2016-06-13 10:11:26.0 [gee-cee] Insert Concept add broader relation (BOREAL FOREST/TIAGA [cafa8131-4a2d-4c8b-811c-0d64adf5fc06,188175] - FORESTS [46e4aaa4-349c-4049-a910-035391360010,83507]);
  • 2016-06-13 10:11:54.0 [gee-cee] insert Definition (id: null text: Pertaining to subarctic forest consisting of primarily of short conifer trees and characterized by intensely cold winters, short summers, and high annual variation in temperature. language code: en);
  • 2019-09-26 16:19:10.0 [sritz] update PrefLabel (BOREAL FOREST/TAIGA);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/cafa8131-4a2d-4c8b-811c-0d64adf5fc06

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