Primary Consumers in the Alpine Tundra
by: Avery Gillespie
The primary consumers are the second up on the food chain. Most primary consumes are herbivores, because the niche below them are producer which are usually plants. In the Alpine Tundra the most common primary consumers are the:
1. Pica
2. Yak
3. Caribou
Pica,the pica is a creature in the rodent family; it resembles a mouse without its long tail. It eats mostly lichen and other small plants. The picas thick fur lets it stay warm in the high areas where it lives.
Yak, yaks live in mountain clearings where the graze on grass and lichen. They look like cows but with thicker hides.
Caribou, looking like a deer, the caribou is another primary consumerin the alpine tundra. With a diet of lichen the caribou go around in groups.
by: Avery Gillespie
The primary consumers are the second up on the food chain. Most primary consumes are herbivores, because the niche below them are producer which are usually plants. In the Alpine Tundra the most common primary consumers are the:
1. Pica
2. Yak
3. Caribou
Pica,the pica is a creature in the rodent family; it resembles a mouse without its long tail. It eats mostly lichen and other small plants. The picas thick fur lets it stay warm in the high areas where it lives.
Yak, yaks live in mountain clearings where the graze on grass and lichen. They look like cows but with thicker hides.
Caribou, looking like a deer, the caribou is another primary consumerin the alpine tundra. With a diet of lichen the caribou go around in groups.
