- High temperature and humidity in tropical rainforests lead to rapid decomposition. - Rapid decomposition results in nutrients being quickly absorbed by plants, leaving limited organic matter on the soil surface. - Light competition in the dense canopy drives the evolution of climbers and epiphytes as prominent plant forms.
"Leaf litter decomposes faster than in any other biome and as a result the soil surface is often almost bare. Apart from trees, the vegetation is largely composed of plant forms that reach up into the canopy vicariously, by climbing the trees or growing as epiphytes, rooted on the upper branches of trees." This is the most likely description of
Asked in UPSC IAS 2021 · Topic: Ecology (Major Terrestrial Biomes)
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