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Only the rainforest has a greater biodiversity than the desert.
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∙ 9y ago
No, a forest generally supports more organisms than a desert. Forests have more vegetation, which provides a greater variety of food and habitat for animals. Deserts, on the other hand, have limited water and food resources, making it more challenging for organisms to survive and thrive.
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Is fern a desert plant or a forest plant?
Ferns can be found in either a forest or a desert. They are much more common in a forest, however.
What is the difference between desert ecosystem and forest ecosystem?
Well, in the forest ecosystem, it has more plant life than the forest ecosystem.Also, their temperature's are different.And, the forest ecosystem is usually more humid then the desert ecosystem.The forest ecosystem is also probably cooler then the desert ecosystem, depending what either lives there or where the forest and desert is located.
How are ecosystems different?
Water,sunlight,and soil.As an example,a desert is dry and has much sunlight and less nutrients,and the rain forest has more water,less sunlight and more nutrients than a desert. A small amount of plants and animals can survive in the desert.While more plants and animals survive in the rain forest.
How would a forest fire most likely help some organisms?
Fire burns away dead material and that allows more room for healthier regrowth
Why can a grassland ecosystem support more herbivores than forest ecosystem?
Because there is more vegetation and more forage biomass per acre or hectare in a grassland than what a forest can offer. Most of the forest's vegetation is 20 to 100 feet above the ground, which is impossible for most herbivores to reach. Plus, trees take a lot of nutrients from the ground and keep the sunlight from hitting the forest floor, "robbing" other plants to sustain themselves like grasses do in a grassland biome.
What are major physical regions of the world where enough rain falls to support a desert but too much to support a forest?
A savanna is a semi-arid region that receives more rainfall than a desert but not enough to support a forest.
How can a forest grow on a mountain that is surrounded by a desert?
Mountains, even when surrounded by desert, usually receive more rainfall than the surrounding desert and are able to support more plant life.
Is fern a desert plant or a forest plant?
Ferns can be found in either a forest or a desert. They are much more common in a forest, however.
What is the difference between an organism's habitat and its niche?
An organisms habitat is where the organism lives; ex ocean, forest, desert etc. The organisms niche is its role within the habitat.
Why would you not expect a desert to turn into a hardwood forest?
A forest requires much more rainfall than is found in a desert.
How can a temperate evergreen forest exist in the southwest deserts of the US?
Forests exists on mountain ranges that are like islands in the desert. However, they are not part of the desert and are separate biomes. The mountains receive a bit more rainfall and snow that the surrounding desert and are able to support more vegetation.
How could a forest grow on mountain that is surrounded by a desert?
Mountains have a higher elevation than a desert and are able to receive considerably more precipitation than the lowlands surrounding them. Therefore, the mountain can support greater vegetation.
Is there a rain forest or a desert in the middle of Australia?
Desert. Rain-forests are more up north east.
Why does a rainforest have more organisms than a desert?
Because a desert is dry and only certain animals can live their where as a rainforest has rain and sunlight and food that organisms can live with
What needs more water a rain forest plant or a desert plant?
you have answered your own question, a rain forest plant could not survive in the desert due to lack of water
Why vegetation of a forest is different from the vegetation of a desert?
a forest has more water than dessert so there will be more plants in the forest and they will be richer in color too becuz of photosynthesis and the heat from the sun.
How is a soil profile in a rain forest defferent from one in a desret?
The soil in a rain forest has more moisture than that in a desert.
