Alpine Tundra Animals Food Web

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Alpine tundra animals food web. Environment the food chains begin with the producers organisms such as autotrophs for example green plants that make their own food. Some animals of the alpine tundra include. Plants are the producers and primary consumers include rodents hares and caribou.

The alpine tundra is very cold located on top of high mountains often with very few trees and little vegetative cover. First the sun helps grow the plants through photosynthesis to provide food for the herbivores to graze. Many plants are dwarfed but their few blossoms may be full-sized.

This food web shows the cycle at which food is transferred between organisms. Gulo Marten Grizzly Bear Badger Red Fox Coyote and Bobcat are at the top of the. Alpine tundra is very cold with summer temperatures on average below 10 C.

The tundra biome has three subtypesthe Arctic tundra in the Northern Hemisphere Antarctic tundra in the Southern Hemisphere and the Alpine tundra which occurs at high altitudes in various mountains across the world. The top soil does thaw but below is permafrost subsoil that remains frozen year round. While the Arctic wolf is apex predator in the Arctic tundra biome the snow leopard holds.

They are also slip resistant for when they jump from mountain to mountain. Alpine Animals Food Web Alpine tundra. The alpine tundra biome is an incredibly diverse and sensitive place that is home to a variety of weird and wonderful animals and that is enjoyed by many people as well.

Some dwarf trees like birch and alder grow in tundras. The Plants include Lichen Grasses and Arctic Wildflower. The soil is well-drained unlike the Arctic tundra.