The belt of coniferous forest south of the tundra, encircling the North Pole in Eurasia and North America. The characteristic soil-forming process of the taiga (or boreal forest) is podzolization.
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Day, Trevor., 2006. Taiga. New York: Chelsea House. 220 pp.
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(2008). Taiga. In: Chesworth, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3995-9_584
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