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As the tropical rainforest is home to numerous plants, it is dependent on species interaction and symbiosis.
Species interaction:
-The infamous jaguar, recognized as the top of the food chain, preys upon may Amazonian animals, such as the capybara.
-Plant/herbivore:
-Mimicry:
Symbiosis:
-An infamous parasite is the vampire bat, one of the two mammalian parasites
-Dysoxylum angustifolium feeds fish and gives poison to their scales as a mutualist exchange for seed dispersal.
-Epiphytes grown on the tall rainforest trees, a form of commensalism.
Population Dynamics
-Population growth of about 3700
-Density of 23 toucans per square mile
-Clustered into pairs or small flocks
-Growing population
A simple food chain is:
Cecropia ->Aphididae -> Azteca andreae -> Rhamphastos sulfuratus -> Eunectes
Cecropia is one of the most populous plants of the Amazonian rainforest, and is a keystone food in many rainforest animal diets.
Population Dynamics
-Rapidly growing population
-Dioecious; distinct male/female plants
-Produces millions of seeds
-Around 30 year lifetime
-Fairly evenly dispersed
-Low density, just one of thousands of species
-50% of water evapotranspirated.
-25% directly evaporated after caught by leaves.
-25% heads out to ocean, then evaporated.
This evaporated everything right to the forest to be rained back down again, unlike the 25% global.
This also means the Tropical Rainforest can get over 400 in. of rainfall!
This makes up for the mere 3 in. of topsoil
compared to the 7 feet in temperate forests.
This unique cycle of carrying nutrients
directly in the forests lets some parts of
the Amazonian Rainforest to grow
over pure, white sand!
Mankind tears it down for economy:
-International logging
-Migrant cultivation
-Cattle pastures
-Fuelwood production
-Corporate farming
-Narcotics production
At a exponentially growing rate the has been up
to the size of the Kingdom of Nepal recently.
-The Tropical Rainforest is unable to completely
regrow itself due to its unique cycle.
-Dozens of undiscovered species go extinct every day,
as well as the 10% of all species that live on the earth.
-The rich gene pool that started flowers on earth
among else is ruined.
-40% of the world's oxygen comes from the measly
6% of Tropical Rainforest.
But even as awareness for the rainforest grows, so
does the rate of deforestation.
Current rebuilding efforts are largely ignored.
The forests attempted to be rebuilt cannot match
the former, unique, biodiverse splendor of the
living cathedral.
Global Measures
-39 in. of rain annually
-78% humidity
-60 degrees (Fahrenheit)
Tropical Rainforest
-over 162 in. of Rain
-88% humidity
-80 degrees (Fahrenheit)