Tundra Adaptations

Migration
1. Whimbrels
  1. Migrate to Tundra in Spring
  2. Breed
  3. Double weight before migrating south
    Anotações:
    - California, Chile a migration of around 1000 miles
2. Ptarmigan
  1. Summer in northern Tundra
    1. Winter in Low alpine tundra and forests of central alaska
3. Caribou
  1. Caribou Winter in taiga and forests
  2. Caribou Summer in Tundra
4. Fish
  1. Winter in deaper lakes and ponds
  2. Summer in shallower Tundra lakes
Shelter
1. Lemmings, voles, shrews, weasels, squirrels, some plants live beneath the snow
  1. The Subnivean zone
2. Wingless insects
  1. Spend their lives in soil, mosses, or plants
3. Plants
  1. Near the grounds surface
  2. Warmer and less wind near surface
Food
1. Bear
2. Hybernate
  Anotações:
  - Squirrals and marmots drop heart rate, breathing, 98% less energy Bears: modified hibernation, small decrease to heart hate, body temperature is not reduced
3. Arctic Ground Squirrels
4. Marmot
Size and Shape
1. Tundra Hares
2. Larger Bodies
3. Smaller appendages
4. Arctic Fox
5. Lemmings
6. Small Size
  1. Shrews
  2. Arctic Plants
Fur, Feathers
1. Woolly Louswort
2. Ptarmigan
3. Tundra Bumblebees
4. Muskoxen
5. Hollow Hair
6. Waxy Coating
Color
1. Blue, Purple Flowers
  Anotações:
  - absorb more solar energy
2. Insects
3. Camouflage
Antifreeze
1. Insects
2. Wood Frogs
3. Plants
4. Fish
Growth and Reproduction
1. Tundra Moth 5-10 year childhood
2. Predatory Birds Will not produce young when food is scarce
3. Fish 10 years as juvenille

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