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Steve Backshall investigates what makes the Amazon so diverse, he looksat the nutrient poor nature of the rainforest and discusses the strategiesthat the life in the jungle employs to make the most of the little nutrientsavailable before the rain washes it away. The programme includeshumming birds,...

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Other Authors: Mackay-Hope, Doug (Producer), Backshall, Stephen (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2012.
Series:VAST: academic video online
Subjects:
Natural history > Amazon River Region.
Biotic communities > Amazon River Region.
Adaptation (Biology)
Symbiosis (Biology)
Adaptation, Biological
Adaptation (Biologie)
Biotic communities
Natural history
Amazon River Region
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Summary:Steve Backshall investigates what makes the Amazon so diverse, he looksat the nutrient poor nature of the rainforest and discusses the strategiesthat the life in the jungle employs to make the most of the little nutrientsavailable before the rain washes it away. The programme includeshumming birds, giant otters, leaf eaters, fungi and nutrient recyclers, giant river turtles and pygmy marmosets. Steve discovers that therelationship between the trees and a mycorrhizal fungus in the soil holdsthe key to the tree ability to grow in such a nutrient poor environment.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 21, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (32 min.).
Playing Time:00:32:00