Humid tropical forests have extraordinary biological diversity
A) Because of the very fertile tropical soils
B) Because rainfall dissolves soil nutrients and makes them available to plants
C) Despite a complete absence of nutrients in the environment
D) Despite the poor, weathered soils

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Humid tropical forests have high biodiversity despite having poor, weathered soils. The nutrients are mostly found in the biomass rather than the soil, and the ecosystem has adapted to efficiently recycle nutrients.

Humid Tropical Forests Have Extraordinary Biological Diversity