Arctic TundraExamines the arctic tundra as an ecological niche and describes the plant and animal life supported there. |
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adaptation Alaska alpine tundra Arctic fox Arctic hare Arctic Ocean Arctic plants Arctic tundra Arctic's isolation Barren Ground brown tundra calves Canada Canada's Arctic islands Canadian Arctic caribou cold Colorado Rockies colors eggs Ellesmere Island flow of energy forest freeze frost upheaval frozen soil grazes Greenland grizzly bear herbivore herds Hudson Bay hunt insects invertebrates killed leave the tundra lemming lichens mat of grasses McConnell River Migratory meat-eating migration mosses mountain musk-oxen National Wildlife Refuge niche North America north latitude northern tundra Northwest Territories permafrost plant or animal plants and animals Polar bears polar climate prairie predators prey produce Rock ptarmigan live sandhill cranes sedges Snow geese snow goose snowy owls species spruces summer tundra taiga tions tive transition zone tree line tundra becomes tundra develop tundra food chain tundra mat tundra plants water birds wharoooo wilderness Willow ptarmigan winds wolves word tundra