What is the ecosystem of taiga?

Answer 1

Taiga actually isn't an ecosystem, it's considered a biome. The difference is that a biome is a type of habitat in a particular place and is determine by the climate. An ecosystem involves much more than the habitat and climate, such as the organisms that live within and how they interact with one another.

The taiga biome is made up of primarily of coniferous trees and comprises 27% of the forest cover on the planet, circling the globe in the norther hemisphere through Russia, Canada and Alaska. Taiga receives low amounts of rainfall and typically gets only a few months of summer with temperatures between 50°F and 85°F. The winters can be extremely cold with temperatures down to -65°F.

Many fauna species call the taiga biome home, such as large mammals (moose, caribou, bears, beavers, etc), 130 species of fish, and over 13,000 species of insects. In addition, over 300 species of birds use the taiga for nesting grounds, of which only 30 species stay for the winter (typically scavengers, large raptors, or seed-eating birds).