Tropical Rainforest

Biome Jacob Lapierre 11/11/08 Blue 1

Dominant Animals

The jaguar is one of the largest and most powerful cat in the Americas.

A second or third consumer, they eat deer, turtles, fish, birds, wild pigs.

Good hunters because of strong forelegs, long back legs help them jump, loose belly skin protects them from kicks.

Dominant Animals The Yucatan White-tailed

deer lives in Central America.

Has warning white tail that goes up when in danger.

Only 3 ft. at the shoulder and 70-80 pounds, they aren't large.

Eats grass, leaves, fruit, and tree bark day and night.

Will go into farms, farmers don't like this.

Important Plants Strangler figs are an important

and reliable food source for many animals in the forest because they give fruit several times a year.

They start high up in other trees, and their roots come down to strangle and compete with the host tree. Eventually the host will die and the fig stands on its own.

They can grow almost anywhere tropical, and there are several different species.

Important Plants

The bromeliad is a home to many other organisms, high up in the trees.

It's tight leaves store water like a bucket and inside it organisms live there to create a small ecosystem of their own.

Bracket Fungus Bracket fungus grows

primarily on dead trees, but they can be found on trees that have been hurt.

They are decomposers, and they spread their spores through air currents that blow through.

They get their name because they grow in a row with little space in between.

Where in the World and Climate This biome is located

close to the equator, in places where there is plenty of rain.

Averages per year: Rainfall: 125-660cm Temperature: 20-34 C Humidity: 77-88%

It's soil is poor, only sustains trees, mountain areas can receive snow and frost, some places have seasons of less rain.

Effects of Humans There are several very

serious things we are doing to this biome that are very bad for it.

The first is the clear-cutting that is taking away the area that they occupy, and the homes of those organisms.

The second is the over hunting that is being done for pelts and other animal parts.

Efforts to Lessen Effects

Today, the public is very informed of everything that is happening and there is a lot of public interest.

Reforestation efforts are being made to gain back the forests, and there is a lot of awareness about animals in these situations

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