Alpine Biome

By: T. Kim
 General Information
• Similar to tundra/artic biomes
– High mountain areas: 10,000 ft+
– Average temperature
• Summer: 10-15 C
• Winter: Below freezing
– Limiting Factors: several temperature, lack
of CO2, high UV wavelengths, etc.
– Precipitation: 30 cm/year
 Species Diversity
• Plant life- Growing season is about 180
days, and the soil is well-drained.
– Tussock grasses, dwarf trees, small-leafed
shrubs, heaths
• Animals- only warm-blooded animals
can be found
– Mountain goats, sheep, elk, insects
including beetles, grasshoppers, and
butterflies.
Food Chain
 People in the Alpines
• Populations in the alpine biome are spe
cially adapted to the living conditions
– Larger lung capacity
– More hemoglobin in blood
• The Sherpas are the world’s highest livi
ng population
A. Blake
Temperature:
summer: -12 to 10 degrees Celsius
winter: below freezing temperatures

Precipitation: 12 inches each year

Solar Insolation: 2 seasons

winter: October to May
summer: June to September
 Limiting Factors

 extreme cold and wind

 high altitude
Little carbon dioxide
Strong sunlight
high UV exposure
 Plants

Tussock grasses
Dwarf trees
Small-leafed shrubs
heaths
 Animals
Chinchilla Elk
Snowshoe rabbit Beetle

 
Ptarmigan Grasshopper
Mountain goat Butterfly
                                                 

Sheep               pika

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