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Coniferous forests are mainly found in a broad circumpolar belt across the northern hemisphere and on mountain ranges where low temperatures limit the growing season to a few months each year (Figure 8.1). The northern boreal forests cover an estimated 15.8 million km2, compared with about 3.3 million km2 in temperate mountain areas. The mild, moist climate of the Pacific north-west coast of North America is also favourable for conifers: these forests cover about 0.5 million km2 in a narrow coastal strip from Alaska to northern California (Olson, 1975).
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Archibold, O.W. (1995). The coniferous forests. In: Ecology of World Vegetation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0009-0_8
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