Tropical Rainforest Biome Jacob Lapierre 11/11/08 Blue 1

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Tropical Rainforest Biome
Jacob Lapierre
11/11/08 Blue 1
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Sources

• www.blueplanetbiomes.org
• www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/biomerainfor.htm
• www.teara.govt.nz
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• http//www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources.cfm?i
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