Index 



571 



herbivore-based, 335-336 

 Tundra 



definition, 1 



distribution, vii 



long-term changes, 478-481 

 Turnover rates, 193 



Ungulates, 337 



Vegetation, 8 

 characteristics, 25-29 

 growth forms, 195-199, 217 

 ordination axes, 188, 190 

 patterns, 186-206 

 recovery, 210, 214 

 sampling site, 188 

 succession, 479 

 turnover rates, 193 

 types, 26-29, 191-193, 217 



Vertebrate fauna, 8-9 

 see also Arctic foxes, Birds, 

 Caribou, Lemmings, Weasels 



Water balance, 51-56, 61 

 Water relations 



density, 365 



mosses, 93-97 



simulation in plants, 97-100 



vascular plants, 91-93 

 Weasels 



food consumption, 369-370 



predators, 360-361, 365 



prey selection, 367 

 Weathering, 469 



Yeasts 



biomass distribution, 270-271 

 numbers, 261 



