Tropical Rainforest Marlee Drumheller

Characteristics Climate 250 cm per year Mean temp above 64° F Very humid Hot and wet Latitude: Near equator within 20 degrees More sunlight http://biomef.wikispaces.com/file/view/rainfall.gif/33089519/rainfall.gif

Flora Emergent Layer Canopy Understory Forest Floor Trees up to 164 ft Blocks and absorbs most sunlight Makes up most plant life Understory Smaller trees Very little light Forest Floor Sparse plant growth http://www.all-creatures.org/hope/gw/Amazon_rainforest_layers.jpg

Fauna Highly Diverse Common characteristics of bird and mammals Bright colors Sharp patterns Loud vocalization Diet heavy on fruits Over 10000 species Many still unknown http://www.alphabetics.info/international/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/animals-of-the-rainforest.jpg

Rainforests of the World Tropic of Cancer Equator Tropic of Capricorn https://ibess.wikispaces.com/file/view/world-rainforest-map.jpg/50814381/world-rainforest-map.jpg

Plants Common Name Scientific Name Bengal Bamboo Spineless Indian Bamboo Scientific Name Bambusa Tulsa http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Plants Common Name Scientific Name Tualang Tree Honey Bee Tree http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm Common Name Tualang Tree Honey Bee Tree Scientific Name Koompassia excelsa http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Plants Common Name Scientific Name Jambu Water Rose Apple Syzygium aqueum http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Plants Common Name Scientific Name Curare Chondrodendron tomentosum http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Plants Common Name Scientific Name Durian Durio zibethinus http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Plants Common Name Scientific Name Strangler Figs Ficus ssp. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Animals Common Name Scientific Name African Forest Elephant Loxodonta cyclotis http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Animals Common Name Scientific Name Bengal Tiger Panthera tigris tigris http://moversandsekhars.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/creek-crossing-bengal-tiger.jpg

Animals Common Name Scientific Name Slender Loris Loris tardigradus malabaricus http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Animals Common Name Scientific Name Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Animals Common Name Scientific Name Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Animals Common Name Scientific Name Toco Toucan Pamphastos toco http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Animals Common Name Scientific Name King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Animals Common Name Scientific Name Wagler’s Pit Viper Tropidolaemus wagleri http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm

Animals Common Name Scientific Name Green Tree Ant Oecophylla smaragdina http://travel.mongabay.com/pix/peru/tambopata-Tambopata_1026_3779a.html

Animals Common Name Scientific Name Monkey Frog Phyllomedusa bicolor http://travel.mongabay.com/pix/peru/tambopata-Tambopata_1026_3779a.html

Species(only some) https://www.msu.edu/course/isb/202/tsao/images/rainforest.jpg http://www.lisisoft.com/imglisi/5/Screensavers/76407rainforest1.jpg http://www.mobot.org/hort/images/Clim1-1.jpg http://mclus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/animals.jpg http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/280713-57029-51.jpg

Adaptations Many creatures Camouflage Bright Colors Specialization http://www.roatan.ws/images/roatan-photos/31-toucan.jpg Many creatures Must compete for food sunlight and space Camouflage Stick bugs and butterflies Boa constrictor Three toed sloth Bright Colors Poison arrow frogs Specialization Toucans Parrots http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/biomerainfor4.htm http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/biomerainfor4.htm

Food Web

Climatogram

Websites http://images.clipartof.com/small/17596-Clipart-Illustration-Of-A-Blue-Globe-With-A-Graph-And-URL-For-The-World-Wide-Web.jpg http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/rainforest/rainfrst.html http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/biomerainfor4.htm http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm http://www.worldclimate.com/ http://images.clipartof.com/small/17584-Clipart-Illustration-Of-An-Orange-Globe-With-A-Graph-And-URL-For-The-World-Wide-Web.jpg