Our biome is polar tundra. There are many factors that make the polar tundra biome unique. One factor that makes polar tundra unique is the temperature. There are strong winds, up to 100 miles per hour in the polar tundra. In this area, it is very cold. The average winter temperature is about -25°C, and in the summer it is rarely over 10°C. The summertime only lasts six to eight weeks. In the winter it is dark most of the time, and even in the summer it is usually cloudy. Biodiversity is low in the polar tundra biome. Not many species of plants and animals are able to survive in the coldness of the polar tundra. Some animals and plants that live in polar tundra are snow owls, caribou, deer, musk oxen, grizly bears, snow wolves, polar bears, arctic mosses, arctic willows, bearberries, caribou mosses, labrador leaves, and tufted saxifrages.
Do you think there is enough biodiversity in polar tundra if a disease started killing one type of species? Would other animals be effected?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra_plant_page.htm
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I think there is enough biodiversity for the environment to survive, mainly because there are many animals. Other animals would definitely be affected because the all animals are closely tied together.
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If a disease started killing one type of species in the polar tundra then whatever that species ate would have a population boost. Let's say the animal that was killed was the polar bear. This means that all it's prey would grow in population. But whatever the prey ate would have less population. The polar bears' prey would then shrink because of a lack of food.
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ReplyDeleteIt depends on the type of animal that is affected by this "disease". Snow owls probably don't have a very diverse meal, probably some fish, so if they were to be victimized and extinct in that region, the fish's population would go up a little, but the bears would still keep it down. Whatever ate the snow owls could probably maintain their diet with another animal for a while but they're population would eventually fall if they don't have other food.
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