Learn about Mexican Rainforest - By: Majk Klain

In this forest soil is rich in nutrients. During Story layer consists of shrubs and small trees. Many shrubs and deciduous trees lose their leaves in autumn. Many, such as blueberries and blackberries, also has small fruits, cakes and fruit.

Canopy layer of these forests consist of magnificent conifers. Produce edible seeds, and provide a thick "cap" on the smaller trees. Its branches and trunk support moss carpets.

The vegetation is so thick that sometimes when the snow falls it is caught by leaves and branches to avoid falling to the ground.

The primary customers are mostly small animals. Forests provide food, shelter in moss, mild temperature and humidity, which favors the growth of many species of insects. This is paradise for mosquitoes! Besides insects, there are small mammals: voles (small mammals like mice), birds, squirrels, squirrels, and seed eating. They eat seeds, spices and even fungi. Larger animals such as deer and elk are also fed into Major.

Leading consumer interest in salmon. These fish hatch from eggs in cold mountain streams and eats small aquatic organisms and insects that fall into the water. The young fish swim downstream to the sea where they grow to maturity. Fully fledged return of large fish in the ocean and swim upstream to spawn. As parents die, their bodies eaten all consumers of meat in this area.

Secondary consumers are also at home in the woods. Tiny shrews eat insects, frogs and insects which they catch a flight. There are many birds that eat insects and, some, such as woodpecker, which is adapted to find insects in the trees. Weasels eat small animals, raccoons and eat animals, fish, frogs, and fruit. Owls eat mice and squirrels. Insects live as parasites on other animals.

Large secondary consumers, such as wolves, bears and mountain lions are the only ones who can reduce deer or elk. But after you've made a killing, they are small animals that are moved to share. Larger animals can also eat less at times.

There are other animals in the food chain, such as foxes, beavers, black birds, and hedgehogs. Because the plants are doing well, the animals also thrive. The primary manufacturers of forest plants that use their chlorophyll to create food for its growth, as well as for animals. Earth in this forest is covered with green moss and small plants. Mushrooms, herbs and wild flowers growing among the moss covering the soil with a thick carpet wet and green. Dead leaves, stems, needles and twigs are eaten by detritivores that consume dead material and make them available for reuse.

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