Alpine Tundra Animals Food Web

Alpine Biome Food Web By Amanda Alpine Biome Bacteria Andean Condor Mountain Lion Weasels Tundra Wolves Red Fox Andean Flamingoes Chinchillas LlamasAlpacas Caribou Grass Algae To build a food web you must research the biome prey and predators.

Alpine tundra animals food web. Most alpine plants are perennials. They are herbivores so in alpine tundras they can find grass sedge herbs shrubs ferns mosses and lichen to eat. The soil is well-drained unlike the Arctic tundra.

Gulo Marten Grizzly Bear Badger Red Fox Coyote and Bobcat are at the top of the. The Alpine Tundra Ecosystem starts between elevations of 11000 to 11500 feet depending on exposure. While the Arctic wolf is apex predator in the Arctic tundra biome the snow leopard holds.

Strong frequent winds and cold temperatures help limit what plants can grow there. The top soil does thaw but below is permafrost subsoil that remains frozen year round. Each of these have distinct food webs of their own.

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. 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. This is truly a land of extremes.

Open up a Drawing in Google Drive. The alpine tundra is very cold located on top of high mountains often with very few trees and little vegetative cover. This food web shows the cycle at which food is transferred between organisms.

The Plants include Lichen Grasses and Arctic Wildflower. Use the following steps to create a food web for that area. These are called trophic levels.