Sunday, May 6, 2007

Brazilian Fetish Nose

Exkursion vom 16.4.2007: Totholz

Totholz ist totes Gehölz. Es wird zwischem stehendem und liegendem und ebenso zwischen trockenem und modrigem Totholz unterschieden.


Häufig sind stehende Tothölzer Tothölzer lying dry and musty, which means that lying is moisture and a larger contact area degraded faster with the forest floor. It is caused by cases, storm damage or death of trees.

dead wood has many different functions, for example, he serves as a habitat for many organisms:
insects find shelter, food and breeding space.




small insect.





These images show an ant tribe has settled on a dead tree stump:

Even larger animals such as owls or raccoon living in shelters in dead wood




fungi, mosses, lichens and other plants use dead wood as a breeding ground.





help this whole organisms such as bacteria and thereby reduce the dead wood and transform it back into soil.

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