Tropical Hurricanes
The tropical hurricanes and forests Which is the effect of an hurricane on a tropical forest? Had to the winds we fortssimos that many times reach 100 kilmetros more than for the moment, in places covered for tropical forests little affected by the hurricane, generally, the trees of the forest are, practically, without leves. The strong winds pull out literally them of the twigs. In affected places more, the trunk and twig in addition and even though the complete withdrawal of the trees including its roots is possible to occur. This all cause a drastic change in the structure of the ecosystem, modifying the regimen of light that reaches the ground, as well as adding great amount of materials that suddenly are deposited in the ground provoking modifications in the ciclagem of materials inside of these ecosystems that withholds the biggest biodiversity of the planet. Chemical preparation from: Steudler, P.A et al. Natural The effects of and human disturbances on soil nitrogen dynamics and traces gas floods ina Puerto Rican West Forest. Biotropica, v.23 (4a), p.356-363, 1991.
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