Tropical Rainforest
The tropical rainforest is the richest source of nature, that covers 6% of the Earth's land. It is located in Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Australia. There are 4 great layers of the forest, which are the forest floors, understory, canopy, and the emergent. The amount of sunlight that the leaves receive varies among the layers, for example there are only 3% of sunlight in the forest floors as it is the darkest part of the forest. The understory layer receives 60% less sunlight than the canopy layer, which receives 90% of the sunlight. Furthermore, the last layer, the emergent receives almost all the sunlight. Besides that, since the tropical rainforest is mostly found in the equatorical areas, the rainforest is warm all year long which has a temperature of 24-31 C (75-88 F). There are normally 150-200cm of percipitation all year long to keep the weather constant.
Besides that, the rainforest is known for its richnest of flora and founa. Some of the producers in this biome include tualang, also known as honey bee trees, kapok trees, strangler figs, rattans, Benga bamboos, orchids, and many more. In addition, there is a huge range of consumers in the rainforest, which are:
There are many symbiosis relationships which involve the prey-predator relationship in the rainforest, For example, there is a mutualism relationship between the leaf-cutter ants and the fungus, where the ants would cut leaves and provide them to the fungus as shelter, while the ants feed on the fungus once they are well developed. Besides that, another relationship would be a commenalism between the army ants and the South American antbirds, where the the ant birds feed on the leftovers of the army ants after their explorations. The antbirds are benefited in this case, while the army ants are neither benefited nor harmed.
Apart from that, since the rainforest is rich with its resources, humans tend to disturb and make use of the forest resources for themselves. Many rainforests are destroyed due to the agricultural developments, human population expansions and human activities such as deforestation. Normally, humans cut down the forest for factories and productions like furniture makers. Due to the destruction of the forests, many animals and plants loss their habitats and many natural biochemical cycles are disturbed. For example, the nitrogen cycle and the water cycle in the forest is disrupted when many human activities interfere in the biome. Usually, when the plants transpire and release the water into the air, the trees in the canopy layer would collect the water and drop it on the lower plants, like a self-watering system. But, because of deforestation and burning forest, there amount of canopy layer trees are decreasing, causing a block in the water cycle. Moreover, the Amazon Rainforest has 90-150 billion tons of carbon that help to stabilize the climate and the atmosphere of the countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It is well noted that the rainforest produces about 20% of the Earth’s oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Therefore, the disruptions by the human activities can greatly affect the climate and the role of the Amazon Rainforest.
Besides that, the rainforest is known for its richnest of flora and founa. Some of the producers in this biome include tualang, also known as honey bee trees, kapok trees, strangler figs, rattans, Benga bamboos, orchids, and many more. In addition, there is a huge range of consumers in the rainforest, which are:
- hummingbirds
- blue tit birds
- woodpeckers
- leopards
- lions
- jackals
- tigers
- scarlet macaw
- Kinkajou
- Anaconda snakes
- Costa Rica Capuchin monkeys and trillion more.
There are many symbiosis relationships which involve the prey-predator relationship in the rainforest, For example, there is a mutualism relationship between the leaf-cutter ants and the fungus, where the ants would cut leaves and provide them to the fungus as shelter, while the ants feed on the fungus once they are well developed. Besides that, another relationship would be a commenalism between the army ants and the South American antbirds, where the the ant birds feed on the leftovers of the army ants after their explorations. The antbirds are benefited in this case, while the army ants are neither benefited nor harmed.
Apart from that, since the rainforest is rich with its resources, humans tend to disturb and make use of the forest resources for themselves. Many rainforests are destroyed due to the agricultural developments, human population expansions and human activities such as deforestation. Normally, humans cut down the forest for factories and productions like furniture makers. Due to the destruction of the forests, many animals and plants loss their habitats and many natural biochemical cycles are disturbed. For example, the nitrogen cycle and the water cycle in the forest is disrupted when many human activities interfere in the biome. Usually, when the plants transpire and release the water into the air, the trees in the canopy layer would collect the water and drop it on the lower plants, like a self-watering system. But, because of deforestation and burning forest, there amount of canopy layer trees are decreasing, causing a block in the water cycle. Moreover, the Amazon Rainforest has 90-150 billion tons of carbon that help to stabilize the climate and the atmosphere of the countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It is well noted that the rainforest produces about 20% of the Earth’s oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Therefore, the disruptions by the human activities can greatly affect the climate and the role of the Amazon Rainforest.