Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climate is cold and windy, and rainfall is scant. Tundra lands are covered with snow for much of ...

Colorado’s alpine tundra is most visible in Rocky Mountain National Park above 11,400 feet. It’s a spectacular environment – but cold and severe. Still, life persists.

While the alpine tundra’s net CO2 contributions are small compared to a forest’s sequestration capability, the newly-documented effect may act as something of a counterweight, hampering atmospheric ...

This study attempts to model alpine tundra vegetation dynamics in a tundra region in the Qinghai Province of China in response to global warming. We used Raster-based cellular automata and a ...

In arctic and alpine tundra, the duration of snow cover has dramatic impacts on ecosystem structure and functioning (Fisk et al., 1998; Walker, 2000; Welker et al., 2000; Edwards et al., 2007).

This study highlights the importance of landscape position and resultant snow accumulation to the hydrologic balance of snow-free alpine tundra, and suggests that modeling studies must account for ...