Arctic Ecosystems: Impact of Voles and Lemmings on Shrubs
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What is the effect of evergreen shrubs on warming and carbon release?

  • They only reduce warming but not carbon release
  • They increase warming and carbon release
  • They reduce warming and carbon release (correct)
  • They have no impact on warming and carbon release
  • What happens to rare plant species in the arctic due to climate change?

  • They remain unaffected
  • They migrate to other regions
  • They become more rare (correct)
  • They become more common
  • What is the effect of caribou on permafrost?

  • They always decrease permafrost formation
  • They always increase permafrost formation
  • They have no impact on permafrost
  • They can increase permafrost thaw at high densities (correct)
  • What is the impact of lemming population fluctuations on the ecosystem?

    <p>It increases grazing pressure on shrubs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of herbivore exclusion on rare plant species?

    <p>It increases the population of rare species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the effect of caribou migration on the ecosystem?

    <p>It increases permafrost formation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of snow geese overgrazing vegetation?

    <p>Reduction in arthropod communities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the effect of grizzly bears digging on the ecosystem?

    <p>Increase in ecosystem heterogeneity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between flower colour and pollinators in glaciated regions?

    <p>High abundance of white and yellow flowers are pollinated by flies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the effect of arctic foxes on vegetation?

    <p>Increase in soil nutrients</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of carnivores and arctic plants interacting through biopedturbation?

    <p>Increase in ecosystem heterogeneity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of higher snow on den sites of arctic foxes?

    <p>Higher insulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the consequences of shrub encroachment onto tundra?

    <p>Reduced biodiversity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of plant-animal interactions in the Arctic?

    <p>Low diversity of species</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of caribou on deciduous shrubs in the Arctic?

    <p>Reduction in shrub density</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a consequence of grazing pressure on rare species?

    <p>Extinction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a factor influencing permafrost formation and caribou migration?

    <p>Soil temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of herbivory in the Arctic?

    <p>Low plant defense</p> Signup and view all the answers

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