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	Environmental Biology Sequence - Tropical Forests
		The edges of a tropical rain forest may be a thick wall of plants; this thick growth at the light-rich forest edge is called a jungle.
		The soils of the tropical rain forest are typically nutrient-poor; all of the nutrients are held in the living organisms.
		Tropical deciduous forests are like tropical rain forests, but have a pronounced dry season which causes the trees to lose their leaves.
	www.marietta.edu /~biol/102/rainfor.html (930 words)

	Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Online Education Resource
		Rain forests are the predominant natural vegetation throughout the wet tropics.
		The defining characteristics of tropical a rain forest are temperature and rainfall.
		Rain forests experience from 40 to 400 inches (100 to 1000 cm) of rain a year and an average temperature of about 80° F (26° C), with no pronounced cold or dry spells.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/spot_sprain.htm (463 words)

	Tropical Rain Forest,India Tropical Rainforest Tour,Indian Rain Forest Tour in India
		The tropical rain forest of India supports a diversity of plant and animal species and it's biotic system is constantly being stressed by various human activities.
		The forests of Andaman and Nicobar islands come under the equatorial belt of tropical rain forests.
		The highest number of tigers are found in mangrove forest which are found in Sunderbans delta formed by the estuaries of Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
	www.wildlife-tour-india.com /tropical-rain-forest.html (626 words)

	MBG ETT page18-19
		Since their livelihood is dependent upon the forest, they are strong advocates of rain forest preservation.
		Because of the wealth of trees and minerals in the forest, loggers and miners are significant inhabitants of the forest.
		The conversion of rain forest to pasture land for cattle ranching has led to the destruction of millions of acres of forest.
	www.mobot.org /education/tropics/page10.html (1126 words)

	Scholastic News: Rain Forest
		Rain forests are home to many of the fastest-growing, fastest-spreading plants in the world.
		Although tropical rain forests are rich in plant life, the soil in such areas is surprisingly poor—a phenomenon largely the result of the heavy rains that wash the nutrients out of the soil on almost a daily basis.
		Some studies have found that the diversity of life in the tropical rain forest is related to the changing and unstable nature of the forests over geologic time.
	teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/indepth/rainforest/figs.asp (808 words)

	Hort 403 - Reading - The Tropical Rain Forest Setting
		The rain forests of Asia are being intensively exploited by logging companies for timber and by shifting cultivators who follow logging roads into the shifting cultivators who follow logging roads into the newly accessible forest.
		The rain forests lie between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, which are the northern- and southern-most limits to the track of the sun.
		Reestablishment of the forest during this period improves the structure and fertility of the soil and diminishes the weed and insect populations.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/tropical/lecture_12/tropical_rainforest_Rl.html (5165 words)

	Rainforest Biomes
		The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth.
		In other climates, the evaporation is carried away to fall as rain in far off areas, but in the rain forests, 50 percent of the precipitation comes from its own evaporation.
		A lot of the rain that falls on the rain forest never reaches the ground, instead it stays on the trees because the leaves act as a shield.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /rainforest.htm (2227 words)

	Conservation of Tropical Rain Forests in Arunachal Pradesh - D.N. Singh
		The tropical rain forest is concentrated in the valleys and adjacent hills.
		It is responsible for reduction in the area of the rain forests and is causing immense damage to the forests.
		The raw material is from the forests and the brunt of the reckless and ruthless operation is ultimately borne by the forests in terms of large scale legal and illegal cutting of timber.
	www.wii.gov.in /envis/rain_forest/chapter20.htm (1900 words)

	World Builders: The Tropical Rain Forest Biome
		Over the years the rain has washed these out of the soil, so all the nutrients are actually in the living plants and animals.
		If the rain forest is cut down, nothing remains but a thin layer of low fertility soil.
		Rain forests consist of a number of layers.
	curriculum.calstatela.edu /courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/rainforest/tropi_rain/rain.html (678 words)

	Rain Forest Questions and Answers
		A Rain Forest is an ecosystem that has a climate that encourages year round growth.
		This rain forest is a temperate rain forest with different vegetation and animal life.
		The temperatures of the rain forest are usually between 75-80 degrees year round.
	www.abcteach.com /RainforestFacts/rainforestQ&A.htm (432 words)

	Tropical Ed
		In the rain forest, the temperature varies from a hot to a warm climate.
		Rain is constantly falling on the basin of these forests, all year round.
		Weather Cycle: The sun and the rain are both key factors in the survival of the tropical rain forests.
	nhs.needham.k12.ma.us /cur/bio96_97/P5/TRainF/Tropical_Rain.html (883 words)

	Tropical Rain Forest
		Four plants in kingdom Plantae that live in a tropical rain forest are Lianas, the strangler fig, the Lophira procera, and the tropical orchid.
		Two types of fungi that live in a tropical rain forest are the stinkhorn fungus and the bracket fungus.
		The reasons that the rain forests are being cleared include: providing new areas for cultivation and making space to grow crops and raise farm animals.
	nhs.needham.k12.ma.us /cur/Bio96_97/P5/rainf/T_Rain_Forest.html (890 words)

	America's Rainforests
		Tropical rain forests are located in the warm regions south of the Tropic of Cancer and north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
		Tropical rain forests have the greatest biodiversity, and the only tropical rain forest in the United States is found on the island of Puerto Rico.
		Tropical rain forest soils contain less organic matter than temperate forests and most of the available nutrients are found in the living plant and animal material.
	rainforests.pwnet.org /4students/index.php (1999 words)

	Rain Forest Report Card
		The majority of rain forest cut down is cleared for agricultural use such as the grazing of cattle, and the planting of crops.
		When a forest is cut and replaced by cropland and pastures, the carbon that was stored in the tree trunks (wood is about 50% carbon) joins with oxygen and is released into the atmosphere as CO The loss of forests has a great effect on the global carbon cycle.
		In a tropical rain forest, nearly all of the life-sustaining chemicals, called nutrients, are found in the plants and trees, not in the ground as in a northern, or temperate, forest.
	www.trfic.msu.edu /rfrc/status.html (2333 words)

	Oxfam's Cool Planet - On the Line - tropical rain forests
		Although it is the forests of the Amazon which spring most readily to mind, it is important to remember that they also occur in parts of North America, Asia, Australia, and Africa, for the most part within a narrow band 4 degrees either side of the equator.
		In this section we look at some of the fascinating animals, plants and people which inhabit the tropical rain forests along the meridian line, and we consider some of the conservation issues affecting these biological treasure houses.
		In general, tropical rain forests occur where a mean monthly temperature of between 20 and 28 degrees C
	www.oxfam.org.uk /coolplanet/ontheline/explore/nature/trfindex.htm (272 words)

	San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Tropical Rain Forest
		Tropical rain forests form an green band around the equator between the two imaginary lines of the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
		The average temperature in a tropical rain forest remains between 68 and 82 degrees Fahrenheit (20 and 28 degrees Celsius).
		Tropical rain forests are some of the world's most important natural resources, filled with biological treasures.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/e-tropical_rainforest.html (699 words)

	El Yunque Tropical Rain Forest
		A tropical rain forest is found in warm climates in the tropics close to the equator.
		A rain forest is a quiet place but at El Yunque you can hear the ocassional coquí or two chirping in the middle of the day.
		Rain forests are also important for the environment by taking large amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air and giving us fresher cleaner air.
	www.elboricua.com /BoricuaKids_ElYunque.html (957 words)

	Tropical Rainforests: Research Links for Students (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tropical rain forests are found mostly within the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn (between 23½° North and 23½° South of the equator).
		Tropical rain forests are located near the equator where the temperature hovers around 27° C (80° F) year-round.
		Tropical rainforests are located in a band around the equator (Zero degrees latitude), mostly in the area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S latitude).
	www.stemnet.nf.ca /CITE/rainforest_where.htm (244 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Queensland tropical rain forests (AA0117) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Under a dense rain forest canopy, the animal life is diverse and includes a variety of marsupials, as well as bats, bowerbirds, and cassowaries.
		The Queensland Tropical Rain Forests receives high rainfall levels compared to most of Australia, which tends to be arid or semi-arid.
		Rain forest birds are plentiful and varied, although increasingly restricted to high altitudes where habitat has not been disturbed.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa0117.html (457 words)

	Welcome to the PECWS Tropical Rain Forest Page
		Once a plot of land in the rain forest is cleared, it may provide for limited agriculture for a few years until the nutrients are depleted.
		Rain forests used to cover 14% of the earth's surface, (5 billion acres).
		Tropical rain forests are home to more than half the world’s living plant and animal species.
	www.poconoweb.com /bulletin-board/pecws/rain-forest.html (1441 words)

	Tropical Rain Forests
		Tropical Rain Forests By Jessica Olsen Tropica Rain forests are located close to the equator.
		The tropical rain forest is the most important ecolog- ical system on this earth.
		The rain forests are so fragile that they will never recover in areas of this destruction.
	www.angelfire.com /ia/hoochrainforest (714 words)

	Biodiversity, Tropical rain forest
		Highly specialized inhabitants of rain forests of the New World (armadillos, anteaters) and of the Old World (pangolins) are also refer to remainders of the relict mammal branches.
		Numerous and diverse inhabitants dwell in canopy or treetops of tropical forests.
		Among the birds inhabiting canopy of the tropical forest there is considerable number of those who are not good flyers as climbers.
	www.darwin.museum.ru /expos/Bio/foreghte.htm (686 words)

	Costa Rica Rain Forest Information - Central America Tropical Rainforest Fact
		Since visiting the tropical rain forest in Costa Rica is an event to be experienced at least once in a lifetime.
		The rain forests facts are that it helps earth's climate, are a deterrent against the greenhouse effect, contain edible food crops, and other resources preventing this way, poverty and starvation.
		The Central Pacific Rain forests are in the Carara National Park located 15 minutes from the town of Jaco Beach and the National Park of Manuel Antonio.
	www.vacationcity.com /costa-rica/rainforest (677 words)

	The Temperate Rain Forest
		The biomass of these forests, estimated to be between 500 and 2000 metric tons per hectare, exceeds that of the tropical rain forests.
		The temperate rain forests of the Pacific Northwest developed where moisture-rich air masses from the Pacific Ocean rise and become trapped by the coastal mountain ranges in Oregon and Washington state.
		A trip to the temperate rain forests of the Pacific Northwest fills the visitor with awe at the enormity of the plant life and with a respect for nature that Native Americans of the area have held for centuries.
	www.scsc.k12.ar.us /2001Outwest/PacificNaturalHistory/Projects/LachowskyR/Default.htm (1700 words)

	Rain Bird - Rain Forest Curriculum FAQs
		Rain forests are located within a narrow region near the equator in Africa, South and Central America, and Asia.
		Rain forests play an important role in the climate control of our planet by having an affect on the wind, rainfall, humidity, and temperature.
		This results in a loss of 100 acres of rain forest per minute and 80% of the rain forests in the world are now gone.
	www.rainbird.com /rainforest/faq.htm (260 words)

	Tropical Rain Forests
		The habitats of tropical rain forests are often broken down into layers determined by altitude.
		Despite this, tropical rain and high temperatures caused rain forests to lose many of their nutrients long ago.
		Rain forest ecosystems are made possible by the relationship between decomposers and roots of living plants.
	library.thinkquest.org /26026/Science/tropical_rain_forests.html (556 words)

	OUP: UK General Catalogue
		This new edition of Whitmore's classic introduction to tropical rain forests has been comprehensively revised and updated, reflecting the changes which have taken place since it was first published in 1990.
		Discussion of the future of the rain forests and priorities for action is incorporated.
		The geologic and climatic history of rain forests, and the wide-spread canopy disturbances now understood to have occurred in the past, are explored.
	www.oup.com /uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198501473 (532 words)

	COCORI Complete Costa Rica-Nature's Cathedral-Rain Forests
		The reason for these bleak predictions is the loss of habitat, due, primarily, to deforestation of the world's tropical rain forests, the areas we commonly think of as "jungles." Tropical rain forests are home to more than half of all the species on earth.
		However, the consequences of tropical rain forest destruction are more severe than just the extinction of beautiful birds and the loss of new drugs and new food plants.
		Tropical forests are home to more than half of all the species on earth.
	www.cocori.com /library/eco/naturcat.htm (1311 words)

	Tropical Rain Forests
		Tropical Rain Forests Weather and Climate 3:00-3:50 MWF Although a tropical rain forest is merely described as a region of tall trees with year-round warmth and plentiful rain, the definition goes much deeper.
		Tropical rain forests, jungles that receive at least eighty inches of rain in a year, maintain the natural balance of the world’s temperature and climate.
		The world’s tropical rain forests represent one of the most fragile and most diverse of all our natural ecosystems, yet are least understood by today’s society.
	www.radessays.com /viewpaper.php?request=81851 (250 words)

	El Yunque National Forest - Welcome!
		As Forest Supervisor and as a native of Puerto Rico, I cordially invite you to visit our exciting tropical rain forest and to experience the wonders of this eco-tourism paradise.
		Rain forests provide a haven for the largest diversity of plants and animals on Earth.
		Join scientists, researchers, and students and explore the tropical rain forest in the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico and the temperate rain forest in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
	www.fs.fed.us /r8/caribbean (732 words)

	The Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem
		The dark green areas on the map show the locations of tropical rain forests.
		Rain forests have very different trees than the ones you might climb in your yard.
		Thousands of species of plants and animals live in the rain forests of the world.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/earth/rainforest.html&edu=elem (190 words)

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