BIotic factors
Autotrophs
The Tundra has a lot of plant life within this biome. Some common plants include the bearberry, arctic moss, Caribou moss, Diamond leaf willow, Labrador Tea, Pasque Flower, and the Tufted Saxifrage. The animals in the tundra eat these plants to survive and gain energy to stay warm. 1 Hetrotrophs Red Fox, Liver tape worm Dunlin Harp seals Arctic hare Mosquitos Arctic shrews Harlequin Duck Arctic Red foxes have round compact bodies that miminize surface area that is touched by the cold air. Their muzzle, ears, and legs are short, which also keep their heat in. The Arctic fox has a deep thick coat of fur which allows them to keep the heat in and keep them worm. Arctic foxes also have thick fur on their paws which helps them walk on both snow and ice. harlequin ducks have a floatable small compact body with strong webbed feet that give the ducks the power, strength to swim through strong currents and wavy waters. in the air the bucks wings beat at a fast pace The harlequin duck weighs 1 to 1.5 pounds and is about 1 to 1.5 feet long. Its wing span is 2 to 2.3 feet in width. Decomposers Lichen Grass Moss Fungus/mushrooms Worms Bacteria Arctic-alpine mushrooms aer able to grow in the TUndra due to climate change and due to the co2 flow on the mountians these mushrooms grow on the mountians not on the tundra floor they feed off the snow melting water flow and sunlight they die off in the winter and come back in the summer because of the seed 1 seed that stays in the ground when the mushroom dies in the winter. |
ENDANGERED ANIMALS
Caribou Musk Ox Polar Bear These animals are becoming endangered due to climate changes (global worming) |