Sundaland Rainforest

Komodo Dragon

The Komodo Dragon is venomous, this helps kill off the prey they are hunting.

Komodo Dragon

Macaca Nemestrina

The Pig Tailed Macaque, when it flashes its teeth, it looks really large and sharp. This can be used to scare off predators.

Macaca Nemestrina

Gurney’s Pitta

The Pitta is really good at hiding in dense forest. Us humans are having difficulties finding the bird to do further study's because is is in dense forest. The hiding ability helps the bird survive from predators.

Apostasia Wallichii

The yellow appearance of the Apostasia Wallichii makes the plant look poisonous. Most animals will stay clear of this plant.

Apostasia Wallichii

Rafflesia

This is the largest flower in the world. It produces a rotting smell to attract flies. When the flies land of the flower, it pollinates it.

Dipterocarps

Dipterocarps are very tall so they can get sunlight. They have no branches on the lower part because they don't need it. The leaves are smaller than the plants on the ground because the tree is getting enough sunlight.

Acidobacteria

Acidobacteria gets its energy by photosynthesis. As you know, the light on the floor of the rainforest is very little. The Acidobacteria has adapted to photosynthesize very efficiently.

Burkholderia Pseudomallei

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacteria that causes Melioidosis. The bacteria doesn't travel through the air. It travels through soil and water. This helps it spread it to spread to organisms in the water/soil.

Death Cap

The Death Cap is the deadliest mushroom in the world. It is highly poisonous. The mushroom is poisonous so other animals don't eat it.

Food Web

Forest Fire

Disruption 1

Forest fires are devastating for the Sundaland Forest. Many tropical are not adapted to fires because they are very wet. When a fire does happen, it destroys the forest. Secondary Succession takes a while before it reaches back to its climax ecosystem.

Deforestation

Disruption 2

Deforestation is bad for any forest. As human population increases, the demand for trees increases. Deforestation is caused by humans and can hurt the ecosystem. The effect deforestation has on forests is less homes for animals, increased pollution, and less trees, which means less carbon eaters.

Global Warming

Disruption 3

Global warming is caused by humans using fossil fuels. When global warming happens, ice melts into water thus increasing sea level. The water has been getting higher and taking more space of the forest. Although it is little now, if we don't stop global warming, it will increase and cause a large problem.

Dynamic Equilibrium

In the Sundaland Rainforest, there is a great amount of growth. There are also a large amount of diverse species. There would be a good balance if it wasn't for humans. Humans are limiting growth in the Sundaland because they are cutting down trees faster than they can regrow. There is a lot of potential, but humans have to stop interfering.

Diversity-Stability Relationship

There is a really strong diversity-stability relationship. The Sundaland is one of the most diverse areas in the world. If one species were to go extinct, the food web would recover because there are many organisms that can keep the web in balance

Material Cycling

Material Cycling

The forest places a huge part in the carbon cycle. The plants use the carbon in the air for photosynthesis. After the process is done, it is a win-win. The plants get their food and we get our oxygen. Right now, there is way too much carbon in the air. The plants help reduce it. The forest also plays a huge part in the nitrogen cycle as well. There are many animals in the forest, when they die, the decomposers recycle the nitrogen in the soil-for other plants to use- and in the air. Nitrogen fixation happens as well! There are many bacteria that transfer the gas into ammonium, the ammonium into nitrites, the nitrites into nitrates. Then the plants can use the nitrates to grow.

Resilience & Resistance

Resilience & Resistance

The Sundaland Rainforest has a good amount of resilience. The area has a very diverse amount of organisms. They can recover from most disasters. Some things it has trouble recovering from, such as fires. Fires don't happen often because of the wet climate, but when they do, it takes many years to go back to the climax community it used to be. The resistance is good as well. Many animals would get rid of that organism quickly by consuming it. At the same time, the Sundaland has a lot of resources that could help spread that invasive species.

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End!

“A forest is a living thing like a human body…each part dependent on all the other parts.”

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-– Louis L’Amour