Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Author: Hoefnagels
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Chapter 39, Problem 3WIO
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The paradox that how the tropical rain forest supported diverse, abundant rain forest life, even it has nutrient poor soils which resulted from abandoning the land after a few years of farming.
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The tropical rainforest characterized by moist and warm climatic condition. This biome is also rich in species that contain a wide variety of plants, animals, reptiles, mammals and so on.
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Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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