Humans and their Environments
Short summers: arctic biology
Lecture 1029 Sep 2022
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snow, ice, rock
tundra, river meander
June, 75 degrees N
July, 75 degrees N
vegetation
perennial grasses
low perennials
very small, very old
underground shrubs
underground shrub
heat-trapping butterflies
many-year-old caterpillar
black spruce monoculture
some broadleaf trees
cylindrical crown
low sun
midnight sun
arctic lemming
short-tailed weasel
weasel teeth
weasel molars
arctic fox
wolves
wolf carnasials
snowy owl
skuas