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The forests of the far North East of Siberia are considered a part of the West Siberian light coniferous forest subzone, a part of the Eurasian taiga zone (Kolesnikov 1955). Extreme environmental conditions (average annual temperatures below zero, the presence of permafrost and shallow soils with high peat content) account for a small proportion of forest area (17.3%), belt or island patterns of forest distribution — primarily in river valleys — and the absence of continuous forest cover, particularly in the Magadan region.
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Snytkin, G.V. (1996). Fires in Ecosystems of the Far Northeast of Siberia. In: Goldammer, J.G., Furyaev, V.V. (eds) Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia. Forestry Sciences, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8737-2_15
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