These communities occupy a range of ecosystems, including alpine tundra at the highest elevations, coniferous forests at the sub-alpine and montane zones, shrublands and grasslands of intermontane valleys and plains, and riparian forests and meadows along rivers and streams, and wetlands.
(These communities; occupy; a range of ecosystems, including alpine tundra at the highest elevations, coniferous forests at the sub-alpine and montane zones, shrublands and grasslands of intermontane valleys and plains, and riparian forests and meadows along rivers and streams, and wetlands)
These communities
occupy
a range of ecosystems, including alpine tundra at the highest elevations, coniferous forests at the sub-alpine and montane zones, shrublands and grasslands of intermontane valleys and plains, and riparian forests and meadows along rivers and streams, and wetlands