Talk:Tundra

Fauna

Just asking, but given this sentence:

Notable animals in the Arctic tundra include ...

I am wondering why mosquitoes aren't mentioned. When I talked to someone who lives in such areas, even Samic people in east Norway, they come up. These guys prefer minus 50 centigrade in winter to the mosquitoes in summer. I've heard it about the tundra in Alaska too.

Given that, at least in summer, we are essentially talking about ten million square kilometers of swamp, it's clear that these insects are quite numerous and possibly also - influenced - attempts to settle there.

(Also, despite being my first contribution here, this is not a joke suggestion. Just because some animals are small doesn't mean that they are unimportant or that the total biomass contribution is small too.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by VolkerHetzer (talk • contribs) 21:32, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@VolkerHetzer: with a reliable source, this information can be added. TGHL ↗ 13:06, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

 Done — hike395 (talk) 23:07, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 May 2021

In the first paragraph in the article, it says "Tundra vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses, mosses, and lichens." It appears to me that a comma is missing. I request to change this line to "Tundra vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges, grasses, mosses, and lichens." 2600:8800:6083:F200:38DF:D232:DBC9:AC4 (talk) 19:54, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

I think it was deliberate since sedges and grasses are similar (as opposed to the shrubs, mosses, and lichens) but I'll leave this open for someone who may be more familiar with this subject and/or article. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 20:14, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

That phrasing has been in place since 2007, so it's difficult to determine the original editor's intent. I would support the proposed edit, just for simplicity. — hike395 (talk) 01:27, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Support: while the two are similar when relative to mosses and lichens, the sentence does not scan well as is. Also, for consistency, the two are separated by a comma in § Alpine. TGHL ↗ 13:01, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

 Done. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 13:02, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Tundra

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Tundra's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Berkeley":

• From Biodiversity of South Africa: "The Cambrian Period". University of California Museum of Paleontology. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
• From Taiga: "Berkeley: The forest biome". Ucmp.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 13:01, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Fixed Someone used "Berkeley" instead of "berkeley" for a ref name. Now fixed. — hike395 (talk) 14:03, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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