coniferous forest biome temperate coniferous forest biome 2013-04-07T14:39:14Z ENVO ENVO:01000211 ORCID:0000-0002-4366-3088 Preliminary definition. The semantics and definitions of "mediterranean", "subtropical", "tropical", "temperate", "polar", and similar climate types may be transferred to an "environmental condition" class once the semantics of this class have been established.