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Animal species that are endangered in the tundra include the Arctic fox, caribou, and polar bears. These animals have been endangered due to overhunting, an infestation of disease, loss of diet and habitat due to climate change, and human destructive activities, such as searches for natural gas and oil, mining, and road building. [ 10 ]
In physical geography, tundra (/ ˈ t ʌ n d r ə, ˈ t ʊ n-/) is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three regions and associated types of tundra: Arctic tundra, [2] alpine tundra, [2] and Antarctic tundra. [3] Tundra vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges, grasses ...
Biome: Tundra: Borders: ... Middle Arctic tundra; Northwest Territories taiga; Animals: caribou, bear, wolf ... The Arctic coastal tundra is an ecoregion of the far ...
A list of tundra ecoregions from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) includes: Antarctic realm [1] ... The Arctic biome at Classroom of the Future; References
Animals of the area include large brown bears of Denali National Park and the southwestern coast near Iliamna Lake and Kamishak Bay. Other mammals include mountain goat, caribou, moose, Dall sheep, North American beaver and snowshoe hare. The rivers of the area are home to salmon.
The Brooks–British Range tundra extends east and west along the Brooks Range which runs across northern Alaska and northeastern Yukon Territory.The Brooks Range is divided into western and eastern sections by the Anaktuvuk Pass.
The WWF ecoregions are classified by biome type (tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, tundra, etc.), and into one of eight terrestrial realms. Australia, together with New Zealand, New Guinea and neighboring island groups, is part of the Australasian realm. The IBRA bioregions ...
The Tundra Biome, with terrestrial ecoregions within: the Palearctic realm, Nearctic realm, Australasian realm, and Antarctic realm Subcategories. This category has ...