Plants that thrive in these conditions include dwarf shrubs, grasses, small-leafed shrubs, and heaths. Animals that live in the Alpine tundra include pikas, marmots, mountain goats, sheep, elk ...

Fast warming in the Arctic – now running at roughly four times the global average – is reshaping tundra landscapes and affecting shrubs and meadows that have looked the same since the last ice age. A ...

From flowering mini trees to shrubs with eye-catching shapes, here are 12 dwarf plants for front yard landscaping that will suit any garden style and the look of any home.

According to the IUCN Red List, migratory tundra caribou are now considered vulnerable, having lost more than half of their total abundance since the 1990s. Planting trees in the Arctic In a related ...

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. The story of Arctic greening ...

The study, published today in the journal PNAS Nexus, highlights the importance of large herbivores to the Arctic ecosystem, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra.

Plant encroachments significantly influenced the composition and dynamics of communities (Fahey et al., 2020; Livingstone et al., 2020). After encroaching on the alpine tundra, D. angustifolia ...

Plants need natural sunlight in order to perform photosynthesis and make food for themselves. However, growing on the Arctic tundra means that plants don’t receive anywhere near as much light as they ...

On the bottom of the food chain in the Alpine tundra are tussock grasses, small-leafed shrubs, dwarf trees, heaths, alpine sunflowers, mosses, lichens, bristlecone pine, and a host of perennials.