Tundra: The Not-So Barren Land Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturia, meaning treeless plain. It is noted for its frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. Dead organic material functions as a nutrient pool. The two major nutrients are nitrogen and phosphorus. Nitrogen is ...

The Tundra The word tundra derives from the Finnish word for barren or treeless land. The tundra is the simplest biome in terms of species composition and food chains. Vegetation: lichens, mosses, sedges, perennial forbs, and dwarfed shrubs, (often heaths, but also birches and willows). Growthforms: typical are ground-hugging and other warmth-preserving forms including: tussock-forming ...

The Canadian Tundra and Taiga Experiment is a forum for sharing information on methods and results of studies designed to monitor impacts of global climate change on arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems and taiga ecosystems in Canada. The goal of CANTTEX is to increase our capabilty to detect and predict large-scale tundra and taiga ecosystem response to climate change. The network's objectives ...

Tundra The tundra can be found in the high northern latitudes of the world. Some plants and shrubs bloom in early autumn. During this short period of time, the blooms are brilliant. The growing season in the tundra is very short due to the frozen permafrost that only begins to thaw in mid-summer. Some prehistoric animals have been found preserved in the thick permafrost. The most common animals ...

HUDSON BAY PROJECT Ecosystem Studies and Conservation of Coastal Arctic Tundra overview | trophic cascade | research | members funding | favorites | publications | banding images of degradation | northern images the lpb site | news | don rusch La Perouse Bay is the longest-term Hudson Bay Project study site. indicates new or updated section ...a monstrous blot on a swampy spot, with a partial ...

Ecology - Biomes - Tundra Return to Biomes and Habitats Main Page Buy Books about Tundra Buy Books about Biomes In the polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere where the winters and extremely cold and long and even conifers cannot survive, the land is dominated by a mixed grassland, small shrub, and herbaceous plant ecosystem called the tundra. The most characteristic feature of the tundra is ...