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Alpine fauna: habitats and adaptations

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  1. What are typical alpine habitats? Characterise these habitats. Which animals live in the particular habitats? How are they adapted to these habitats?
     
  2. How do the reviewed mountain regions differ one from another?
     
  3. Which factors influence the species composition in the particular mountain regions?
     
  4. What is the function of snow as ecological factor?
     
  5. What possibilities other than hibernation exist to overcome food shortage?
     
  6. Which morphological adaptations to the cold can be found in invertebrates?
     

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29 August 2011
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