TundraBiome Project – Chris Helmhold

Tree growth is hindered Low Temps & Short growing seasons

Vegetation mainly shrubs

Vast, treeless plain

Subsoil is permanently frozen

Characteristics

Far upper Northern Hemisphere

Upper Russia and Canada

No trees can grow

Arctic Tundra

Mostly too cold for any vegetation

Not many mammals (opposite of Arctic)

Mostly covered in ice

Antarctic Tundra

No trees due to altitude

No permafrost

Occurs in mountains worldwide

Characterized by shrubs growing

Alpine Tundra

Hunting and trapping reindeer provides food

Not many people live in tundra's

Occasional mineral mining

Economy

Strong winds

Little precipitation

Long, cold winters

Short summer days

Permafrost, no trees grow

Biotic Factors

Plants (shrubs) have to adapt to the cold, long, hard winters

Wildlife like arctic tundra animals include snowy owls, reindeer, polar bears, white foxes, lemmings, arctic hares, wolverines, caribou, migrating birds, mosquitoes, and black flies.

Not many living factors

Abiotic Factors

"Tundra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 31 01 2014. Web. 17 Feb 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra>.

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