Tropical Rain Forest

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Tropical Rain Forest

• Sydney Zeldes, Audrey Marr, Miranda Ho

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RAINFOREST ALLIANCE

• Tropical Rainforest luscious, warm exotic

Every forest counts
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MAPS
Tropical Rainforest Locations
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Features of the biome

• High biodiversity
• Many available niches
• Little to no wind
• Can be dark under rainforest canopy

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Climate
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Climate (continued)

• Tropical Climate
• No dry season
• Avg. yearly precipitation 250 cm
• Humid, rainy, hot, wet
• 4 cm rain/ month
• Avg. temp 77F

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Tropical Rainforest Average Yearly Temperature
and Rainfall
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Landscape

• Covers less than 6 of Earths land surface.
• Tropical rainforest produce 40 of earths
  oxygen.
• 100 to 300 species in one 2 ½-acre area in South
  America.
• 3 largest rainforest the American, the African
  and the Asian.
• The majority of trees have smooth, think bark
  because there is no need to protect them from
  water loss and freezing temperature.
• Plants grow really fast that they consume the
  nutrients from the decomposed leaf litter.
• Most of the nutrients are in the trees than in
  the soil.
• Soil are infertile and acidic due to weathering.

• Humid
• Contain over 15 million species of plants and
  animals live within the biome.
• The forest is divided into different layers/
  strata. Each layer contains unique plants and
  animals.
• Forest floor receive only 2 sunlight, clear of
  vegetation, fungis growing
• Understory layer shrubs, herbs. Small trees, and
  large woody vine, 5 sunlight.
• Canopy primary layer, large trees, dense are of
  biodiversity, 90 of organisms
• Emergent layer small number of very large trees
  grows above the canopy, 100 to 240 feet tall
  trees.

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Seasonal Information

• Weather wise, the best time to visit the tropical
  rainforest is during spring, fall, and wintertime
  because the temperature is wont be as hot and
  humid as the summer time.
• Humid and hot year long except it is the worst
  during summer time.
• Frequent rainfall
• The best time to see the animals is during
  springtime.

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Levels of the Forest
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Unique Features

• Occur near the equator
• The layered system
• High biodiversity
• Over 25 of natural medicines have been
  discovered in the rainforest
• Hot/ warm and humid year long

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Plants

• Trees are tall
• Grow up to 275 feet for competition for light
• Do not lose leaves
• Topsoil is thin
• Largest trees are anchored by large horizontal
  roots (buttresses)
• Leaves are large and long
• High rate of photosynthesis is required to
  survive competition for nutrients, light and
  space.
• Very high productivity of both plants and animals
• Produces more mass of both plants and animals
  than other types of forests.

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Adaptations

• camouflage
• coloring to warn predators that they are
  poisonous
• brightly colored animals ate just bluffing
• fight for food, sunlight, and space-some birds
  develop strong beaks to crack open tough nut
  shells

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Tourist Activities

• Hike to a lake to see giant lilypads.
  Excursions to see feeding or nesting Macaws,
  Parrots and Toucans. Hike to a manakin lek.
  Jungle survival training. Visit native
  communities. Visit conservation projects View
  a diversity of primate species. Bathe under a
  small waterfall in a glade filled with orchids.
  Insect collecting. Evening lake boat trips to
  view southern constellations and nocturnal
  wildlife, such as boat-billed herons, potoos, owl
  monkeys and more. Search for boa constrictors
  and other snakes. View brilliant tropical fish
  such as cichlids, angel fish, tetras, etc.

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Environmental Issue

• The Human interactions with the tropical
  rainforest has been disastourous almost
  destroying the forest and killing many animals in
  the process. The human interactions have been
  negative, they have cut down thousands of acres
  football fields worth. Furthermore, the vast
  climate change due to human and other interfering
  changes has vastly damaged the tropical
  rainforest.
• -Cutting Down Trees-Animal exploitation/
  Hunting-Climate Change