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Environmental Biology Sequence - Tropical Forests (930 words) |
 | The edges of a tropical rain forest may be a thick wall of plants; this thick growth at the light-rich forest edge is called a jungle. |
| The soils of the tropical rain forest are typically nutrient-poor; all of the nutrients are held in the living organisms. |
| Tropical deciduous forests are like tropical rain forests, but have a pronounced dry season which causes the trees to lose their leaves. |
| Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Online Education Resource (463 words) |
| Rain forests are the predominant natural vegetation throughout the wet tropics. |
| The defining characteristics of tropical a rain forest are temperature and rainfall. |
| Rain forests experience from 40 to 400 inches (100 to 1000 cm) of rain a year and an average temperature of about 80° F (26° C), with no pronounced cold or dry spells. |
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