Biomes are the world's major habitats ... and permafrost. Arctic tundra plants must adapt to the cold, dark conditions of the ...

Caribou and muskoxen significantly affect Arctic plant growth, revealing their overlooked role in climate impacts.

NorEcoFun group studies biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Northern ecosystems – boreal forest and tundra. We focus on plant communities, which form the foundation of ecosystems. This ...

A new study highlights the importance of caribou and muskoxen to the greening Arctic tundra, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra.

it is excellent for anyone interested in tundra or particularly arid and semiarid ecosystems... I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in functional plant ecology and vegetation ...

The Arctic is warming faster than any other area of the planet. How environmental change affects the landscape, weather ...

The story of Arctic greening has overlooked some main characters. At center stage are climate change and warming temperatures ...

Ecosystems are made up of living – or biotic – organisms, like plants and animals ... forest ecosystems;and tundra ecosystems. But all can be contained within three main categories:terrestrial ...

Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome. Ferne describes the location of the tundra biomes around the ...

By analyzing preliminary data, scientists can rate changes in the Arctic ecosystem ... soil erosion processes: the tundra's upper cover, being left without plant protection, warms up faster ...