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100 1 $aDay, Trevor.
245 10 $aTaiga /$cTrevor Day ; illustrations by Richard Garratt.
260 $aNew York :$bChelsea House,$cc2006.
300 $axix, 220 p. :$bcol. ill., col. maps ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aBiomes of the Earth
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-205) and index.
505 0 $aChapter 1. Geography of the Taiga -- What is taiga? -- Where is taiga? -- Why conifers? -- Taiga landscapes -- Dark and light taiga -- Harsh survivors -- North American taiga -- Threats to Canada's taiga -- Pacific coast rain forest -- European taiga -- Conifer forests in European mountains -- Scotland's Caledonian Forest -- Siberian taiga -- The Tien Shan Mountains of central Asia -- Far Eastern taiga -- East Asia's rare large mammals -- Chapter 2. Geology of the Taiga -- Earth's structure -- North American landforms today -- The work of glaciers -- Taiga soils -- Bogs, peat, and forest -- Hidden history -- Deadly pitchers -- Permafrost -- Chapter 3. Taiga Climate -- Weather, climate, and atmosphere -- What is radiation? -- Solar heating and air movement -- The effect of Earth's rotation -- Global air circulation -- The changing seasons -- North American taiga and the polar front -- Air masses -- The effect of the Great Lakes -- Ocean currents and taiga -- Snow -- Taiga blizzards -- Surviving supercooling -- Taiga advance and retreat -- Global warming and the taiga -- The greenhouse effect -- Chapter 4. Taiga Biology -- Dark or light taiga? -- Dark conifers -- What is a cone? -- Light conifers -- Broad-leaved trees of the taiga -- Beneath the canopy -- Death of a tree -- Partners beneath the soil -- Mosses and lichens -- Sphagnum moss -- Pollination and seed dispersal -- Origins of the taiga animals -- Taiga insects -- Amphibians and reptiles -- Bird life -- Small mammals -- A pale shadow -- Large mammals -- Wood bison -- Salmon feast -- Chapter 5. Taiga Ecology -- Energy flow, food chains, and food webs -- Types of symbiosis -- Renewal and succession -- Fire in the taiga -- Fire shapes the taiga -- Animals surviving winter -- Size matters -- Migrations -- Predator-prey cycles -- Chapter 6. The Taiga in History and Prehistory -- Origins of taiga peoples -- The Bering land bridge (Beringia) -- The first Americans -- Siberian hunters -- Traditional codes of conduct -- Hunters and fishers -- The modern North American taiga -- Using cedar and birch -- Toems and totem poles -- Taiga medicine -- The modern Eurasian taiga -- Meeting today's challenges -- Chapter 7. Uses of the Taiga -- Hunting and fur farming -- Fur farms -- Sable fur -- Taiga tree products -- The timber, pulp, and paper industries -- Christmas trees -- Forestry -- Annual allowable cut -- Agriculture -- Hydroelectric power -- Fishing -- Mining -- Uranium City -- The mixed economy -- Chapter 8. Threats to the Taiga -- Overhunting -- Habitat change, habitat loss -- Clear-cutting -- The Great Bear Rainforest -- Fragmentation -- Fires -- Introductions of exotic species -- Hydroelectricity -- Air pollution -- Acidity and acid rain -- Mining, oil and gas, and pulp and paper industries -- Climate change -- Conclusion: Managing the Taiga -- Mapping a forest -- Forests and freshwater -- The age of Canada's trees -- Biodiversity -- Endangered species in Canada's taiga -- Maintaining genetic diversity -- The world's biggest clone? -- Tree harvesting -- Assisting forest regeneration -- Fire as a management tool -- Controlling forest pests -- Protected areas -- The future demand for wood -- Certification -- Taiga: carbon sink or carbon source? -- Accommodating alternative views of the taiga -- A local mixed economy.
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