Colombia - Rainforest, Wildlife, Ecosystems: The diversity of life-forms and habitats in Colombia has impressed observers since the days of the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt. The complex pattern of climate, soil, and topography has produced an e
tropical rainforestA warm and wet biome found between 20° N and 20° S of the equator, with little seasonal temperature variation and high precipitation. tropical seasonal forest/savannaA biome marked by warm temperatures and distinct wet and dry seasons. tundraA cold and treeless biome with l...
In a tropical rainforest days usually last 12 hours, with temperatures averaging around 77 degrees F. A surplus of rain and high insolation (sunlight) are other year-round attributes of a tropical rainforest. Tropical rainforests cover the Amazon region, as well as equatorial regions in Africa,...
The number of spores in rainforests can be greater than in dry forests, and a high diversity can be observed, but similar and different AMF species are found among different forest types. The Murundu fields, the Rupestrian grasslands and the Ferruginous fields associated to Cerrado biome also ...
Tropical Rain Forest A hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life equator Animals of the Tropical Rain Forest More species of insects, reptiles, and amphibians than any place else; monkeys, other small and large mammals, including in some places elephants...
Ecologists estimate that there is an ecological threshold at 30% forest cover in the biome below which there will be a precipitous decline in biodiversity and an associated loss of ecological functions, including many that are essential to agriculture. Forest cover is currently below this level, ...
Given the role of kelps as foundation species in these important ecosystems, the principles of Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) should be a key framework for effective kelp forest management. EBM rose to prominence in the early 2000s as a movement to manage socioecological systems that maintains ...
ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOMES. ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOMES
rainforest The part of the rainforest that forms a dense covering over the forest floor. canopy Regions between the polar circles and the tropics. Temperate regions Four seasons here, the trees lose their leaves in the fall. Deciduous forest biome Trees that lose their leaves in the fall and...
Tromboni F, Dodds WK, Neres-Lima V, Zandonà E, Moulton TP. 2017. Heterogeneity and scaling of photosynthesis, respiration, and nitrogen uptake in three Atlantic rainforest streams. Ecosphere 8:e01959. Uehlinger U. 2000. Resistance and resilience of ecosystem metabolism in a flood-prone river...