Arctic Tundra Plants And Animals Adaptations
ANIMALS living on LAND.
Arctic tundra plants and animals adaptations. Animals in the tundra are also adapted to extreme conditions and they take advantage of the temporary explosion of plant and insect life in the short growing season. During the summer brown bears behavior is to eat about anything they can find. What adaptations do plants and animals have in the tundra.
These adaptations make it possible for some plants and animals to grow and survive in this environment and call the tundra home. There are three types of tundra. Migration and hibernation are examples of behavioral adaptations used by animals in the Arctic tundra.
Animals need shelter and insulation in the Tundra. Tundra means treeless therefore most of the plants in the tundra are low growing plants. Migration and hibernation are examples of adaptations used by animals in the Arctic tundra.
They are very cold and have little precipitation. Tundra wildlife includes small mammalssuch as Norway lemmings Lemmus lemmus arctic hares Lepis arcticus and arctic ground squirrels Spermophilus parryii and large mammals such as caribou. Plants and animals have adapted to stay warm and preserve water.
Arctic Moss Arctic Willow Caribou Moss Labrador Tea Arctic Poppy Cotton Grass Lichens and Moss. It is also physical adaptations. Migration and hibernation are examples of adaptations used by animals in the arctic tundra.
Food and feeder relationships are simple and they are more subject to upset if a critical species disappears or decreases in number. Hibernation - Although hibernation is often thought of as behavioural it is also in fact a physiological adaptation. Polar bear - caribou - musk ox - wolf - wolverine.