BIRDS IN ALPINE HABITATS
BIRDS IN ALPINE HABITATS Currently this is one of the habitats with the least information on bird populations.
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habitat is considered as alpine in Spain when it is located over 1,500 metres above sea level. The harsh conditions, extreme winds, low temperatures and snow cover that lasts for six to eight months a year in
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some locations, limit the existence of vegetation to large areas of grasslands and creeping shrubs, with large expanses of rock and scree and, on occasion, slopes which reach the vertical.
