Arctic hares are classified as herbivores since their diet consists primarily of plants. Their typical diet consists of moss, lichen, and other woody plants. Depending on the season, they will ...

The study, published today in the journal PNAS Nexus, highlights the importance of large herbivores to the Arctic ecosystem, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra.

The study, published today in the journal PNAS Nexus, highlights the importance of large herbivores to the Arctic ecosystem, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra.

Every winter in the high Arctic, for example, the sun, hidden by the tilt of the Earth, vanishes for months. Meters of snow blanket the sea ice and block incoming light, leaving the frigid ocean ...

Tundra diversity, including plants, lichens and fungi, declined over a 15-year experiment in the Arctic due to warming ... However, the presence of large herbivores such as caribou and musk ...

There are viable nature-based climate solutions in the Arctic and its surrounding regions, however. For instance, sustainable populations of large herbivores such as caribou or musk oxen can ...

At low grazing pressure, the quality of the forage is often higher. In the Arctic, large herbivores help control woody plants, preventing them from steadily spreading northward as regional ...

Surrounding the town, furthermore, is one of the few places in the tundra that is home to Arctic hares, game birds called rock ptarmigan live and multiple species of large herbivores like muskoxen.

Washington (AFP) – Rapidly warming conditions in the Arctic and the loss of sea ice caused by climate change are driving a steep decline in biodiversity, including among plants, fungi and lichen.

The study, published today in the journal PNAS Nexus, highlights the importance of large herbivores to the Arctic ecosystem, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra.