4 types of tropical ecosystems that are not wetlands
Wet forests, seasonal or dry forests, savannahs, and tropical deserts
Tropical moist forests
where are they found (www.mongabay.com/.../ world-rainforest-map.jpg)
What are they - broadleaf evergreen forests (map of world vegetation)
slide of rainforest canopy
Venezuela (map of rainforest vegetation in Venezuela- 8 interpretations)
under what conditions
slide of seasonality with latitude
slide of vegetation versus length of dry season
climate diagrams for vegetation versus dry season
climate diagram for La Selva, Costa Rica
world rainfall map
map of rainforest distribution
climate diagram map of Africa
challenges to plants and animals in tropical humid environments
benefits of tropical environment
challenges of tropical environments.
Canopy strata
slide of strata diagram
slide of canopy layer from above
slide of canopy levels from Costa Rica
Components of forest canopy
slide
of tree buttresses http://www.wildsidephotography.ca/gallery/albums/Sulawesi/22033m.jpg
slide
epiphylls
-http://www.discoverlife.org/IM/EL_DP/0001/320/Epiphylls_on_young_and_old_leaves,Brazil,EL_DP134.jpg
slide
of strangler fig-
http://home.pages.at/aotearoa/australien03/sunshine_coast/strangler_fig.jpg
slide of epiphytes - http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/photos/EpiphyteLoading00A.jpg
Ceiba canopy emergent- http://www.elmundoforestal.com/esperanza/2AMARILLAS/zz_ceiba.jpg
view of canopy
slide of canopy access techniques
leaf types for a whole forest
range of leaf types
Diversity
table of diversity with latitude
slide of Species area curves
table of diversity with elevation
table of diversity with dry season
slide
of fumigating trees for insect diversity - http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/wonderbound/images/com_pt_coll.jpg
Tree regeneration
slide
of gap outline
slide
of gap regeneration temporal sequence
slides
of gaps
characteristics
of tropical tree regeneration types
microclimate gradient
across canopy
temperature
and humidity
Productivity
slide of global carbon cycle
slide of components of producitivity
table of global soil carbon
table of global biomass carbon and productivity
Nutrient cycling
slide of nutrient cycling
slide of nutrient composition of tropical forest
Water cycling
Humans, regeneration and fire
slide of slash and burn effects
