Alpine Tundra Animals Food Web

We have to treasure these places and do what we can to protect them because even if they may seem harsh and barren at first glance they are important contributors to biodiversity and like any natural place.

Alpine tundra animals food web. Alpine tundras are located high in mountains worldwide above the tree line. Mammals - elk marmots mountain goats pikas sheep Birds - grouse-like birds. Omnivores and carnivores secondary consumers such as arctic foxes brown bears arctic wolves and snowy owls top the web.

They are also slip resistant for when they jump from mountain to mountain. The Primary consumers are the Pika Red- Breasted nuthatch Pacific tree frog Mule Deer Douglass squirrel and Ediths. Tundra food web A tundra food web would begin with the various plant species dry shrubs and mosses grasses and lichens followed by the primary consumers herbivores such as caribou hares oxen and.

The grizzly bear shown left regulates and maintains the food chain. Tundra biome animals food chain. The Plants include Lichen Grasses and Arctic Wildflower.

Here is an example of a carnivorehigher trophic level organism in the Alpine Tundra. Summer assists the food web in starting and continuing. The Alpine Tundra Ecosystem starts between elevations of 11000 to 11500 feet depending on exposure.

The soil is well-drained unlike the Arctic tundra. While the Arctic wolf is apex predator in the Arctic tundra biome the snow leopard holds. Use the following steps to create a food web for that area.

Open up a Drawing in Google Drive. The top soil does thaw but below is permafrost subsoil that remains frozen year round. This area would would be considered an alpine biome of the Rocky Mountains.