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	Tropical Plant Database
		This Tropical Plant Database is continuously under construction as we continue to add more rainforest plants which are under research and update the information on the plants in the database.
		The information provided in the Tropical Plant Database is collected from many independent sources and publications to provide a factual and accurate account of the plants contained herein.
		The plants described in the Tropical Plant Database are not intended to treat, cure, diagnose, mitigate or prevent any disease and no medical claims are made.
	www.rain-tree.com /plants.htm (506 words)

	Land snail diversity in tropical rainforests
		Tropical rainforests are ecosystems with an extraordinarily high diversity of animal and plant species.
		The tropical rainforest of Cameroon in Central Africa proved to be particularly rich in snails: In a study in the rainforest of Cameroon (De Winter and Gittenberger, 1998), researchers found 97 snails within a single square kilometre.
		The study aimed to determine land snail diversity in the tropical rainforest of Borneo.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/snails_shells/90748 (529 words)

	Rainforest Biomes
		The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth.
		Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees.
		Nutrients generally stay in an ecosystem by being recycled and in a rainforest are mainly found in the living plants and the layers of decomposing leaf litter.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /rainforest.htm (2227 words)

	Rainforest Biome
		Tropical rainforests are generally found between 30°N and 30°S latitudes, covering 6-7% of the Earth’s land surface.
		Tropical rainforests can be found around the world: In Central and South America; in Western Africa, eastern Madagascar, and the Zaire basin; and in Indo-Malaysia along west coast of India, Assam, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia.
		The average temperature in tropical rainforests ranges from 70 to 85° F. The environment is pretty wet in tropical rainforests, maintaining a high humidity of 77% to 88% year-round.
	www.nceas.ucsb.edu /nceas-web/kids/biomes/rainforest.htm (1451 words)

	Shades of Green: Earth's Forests -- Tropical Forests
		Where the rainfall is also spread evenly throughout the year, tropical rainforests occur; where precipitation levels vary and there is a pronounced dry season, tropical moist forests grow, and in areas with less moisture are dry forests and savannas.
		The majority of tropical mammals are arboreal (spending most or all of their time in the trees), compared to temperate mammals, most of which are terrestrial.
		Rainforest soils are notoriously poor and unsuitable for agriculture.
	library.thinkquest.org /17456/tropicalall.html (1481 words)

	Nature Works - Rainforests
		Trees in temperate and tropical rainforests have trunks that flare out at the bottom and both types of rainforests are endangered biomes.
		Because temperate rainforests are near oceans, they are wet and cool and can receive up to 100 inches of rain a year.
		The moisture and the warm temperatures in the tropical rainforest are perfect for sustaining lots of different species of plants and animals.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/nwep8e.htm (411 words)

	EO Experiments: Rainforest Biome
		Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator and temperate rainforests are found farther north near coastal areas.
		Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator where it is warm.
		Temperate rainforests are found near the cooler coastal areas further north or south of the equator.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Laboratory/Biome/biorainforest.html (315 words)

	Tropical Rainforest Places & Facts - North Queensland, Australia
		Australia’s Tropical Rainforests cover approximately 900,000 square hectares and are internationally recognised as being one of the most ecologically fascinating natural areas in the world, as one of few remaining truly pristine tropical rainforest places on the planet.
		Despite their relatively small size, the rainforests are home to an amazing diversity of life and provide a living record of the ecological and evolutionary processes which have shaped Australia’s plants and animals for over 415 million years.
		The mean average rainfall in Australia’s Tropical Rainforests varies between 1.2 metres and 3 metres per annum; 60% of which falls in the summer months, December to March.
	www.skyrail.com.au /rainforests.html (429 words)

	Tropical Rainforests of the World
		Tropical rainforests are a world like none other; and their importance to the global ecosystem and human existence is paramount.
		Unparalleled in terms of their biological diversity, tropical rainforests are a natural reservoir of genetic diversity which offers a rich source of medicinal plants, high-yield foods, and a myriad of other useful forest products.
		Despite their monumental role, tropical forests are restricted to the small land area between the latitudes 22.5° North and 22.5° South of the equator, or in other words between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.
	rainforests.mongabay.com /0101.htm (768 words)

	Tropical Rainforests of Sabah, Malaysia Borneo
		The tropical rainforests have often being described as a “natural supermarket” as all of our every day’s basic essentials can be obtained from the forests such as food, drinks, fruits, medicine, etc.
		Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth's oxygen and more than half of all the world’s plant and animal species can be found here, where hundreds of species are being discovered daily as scientists explore the dense growth that is home to millions of organisms.
		The remaining pristine tropical rainforests of Borneo is the only natural habitat for the endangered Orangutan and primates such as the Proboscis monkeys, which are endemic to Borneo and Tarsier.
	www.borneo-tropical-vacation.com /tropical-rainforests.html (618 words)

	The Future of the Rainforests
		As Asia's and Africa's tropical forests are depleted, consuming countries are turning increasing attention to Latin America and the Amazon, whose own rapidly growing population is also a source of pressure on the rainforests.
		Amazon rainforests are being cleared on a vast scale for settlements, logging, gold mining, petroleum, cattle ranching, sugar cane (for gasohol), large hydro dams, and charcoal for smelting ore.
		It is increasingly vitally important to plant tropical hardwood trees for harvest and to protect the world's remaining tropical rainforests.
	www.tropicaltrees.co.cr /htm/main/tropical_rainforests.htm (1156 words)

	Tropical Rainforests
		Tropical rainforests are found in a band around the equator or middle of the planet.
		We know tropical rainforests are one of the most exciting environments to explore – 40% of all the species on earth are thought to live in the tree canopy of the world's rainforests.
		Tropical rainforests are an important habitat for migratory animals and sustain as much as 50% of all species and hundreds of unique indigenous cultures.
	www.globio.org /glossopedia/tropicalrainforest/index.htm (1923 words)

	Tropical rainforests
		In biome rainforest is represented the three ground layers or horizons: A, B and C. Abundant rains favour the washing of minerals, which determines a non fertile ground, and the accumulation of oxide of iron and aluminium give it that particular reddish colour.
		It is probable that the African rainforest extended by the east and the north until being united with the rainforests of Arabia and India.
		the ecosystems the alives tropical rainforests temperate forest the savanna temperate grassland the steppes the tundra and taiga the deserts the polar regions the atmosphere ecological disasters forests in danger threatened animals urban conglomerates daily ecology
	www.barrameda.com.ar /ecology/the-rainforests.htm (803 words)

	The Future of the Rainforests
		As Asia's and Africa's tropical forests are depleted, consuming countries are turning increasing attention to Latin America and the Amazon, whose own rapidly growing population is also a source of pressure on the rainforests.
		Amazon rainforests are being cleared on a vast scale for settlements, logging, gold mining, petroleum, cattle ranching, sugar cane (for gasohol), large hydro dams, and charcoal for smelting ore.
		It is increasingly vitally important to plant tropical hardwood trees for harvest and to protect the world's remaining tropical rainforests.
	tropicalhardwoods.com /htm/main/tropical_rainforests.htm (1156 words)

	Rainforest - Enchanted Learning Software
		Temperate rainforests are found along the Pacific coast of the USA and Canada (from northern California to Alaska), in New Zealand, Tasmania, Chile, Ireland, Scotland and Norway.
		Tropical rainforests cover about 7% of the Earth's surface and are VERY important to the Earth's ecosystem.
		Tropical rainforest trees and plants also remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in their roots, stems, leaves, and branches.
	www.zoomdinosaurs.com /subjects/rainforest/Allabout.shtml (710 words)

	How to Save Tropical Rainforests - Introduction
		Despite growing international concern, rainforests continue to be destroyed at a pace exceeding 80,000 acres (32,000 hectares) per day.
		Deforestation of tropical rainforests has a global impact through species extinction, the loss of important ecosystem services and renewable resources, and the reduction of carbon sinks.
		Beyond the responsible development of rainforests, efforts to rehabilitate and restore degraded forest lands along with the establishment of protected areas are key to securing rainforests for the long-term benefits they can provide mankind.
	rainforests.mongabay.com /1001.htm (2995 words)

	Tropical Rainforests (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Where tropical rainforests have been cleared for pasture and cattle ranches established, the production of meat hardly reaches 50kg of meat/hectare/year whereas north European farms produce closer to 600kg of meat/hectare/year.
		Rainforests were spared from exploitation in earlier years because of their inaccessibility, the relative low value of most of the trees for timber purposes and the limited world demand.
		In the long term the rainforest must be able to continue growing in the same way, logging must be controlled and research must be done to assess the effects of removing trees and other plants.
	www.enfo.ie /leaflets/bs26.htm (2917 words)

	SIGHTINGS
		Every four ounces (a average hamburger) is responsible for the destruction of 55 square feet of tropical rainforest, the loss of 1,000 pounds of vegetation, and the death of between twenty and thirty forms of life.
		Tropical rainforests cover less than 6% of the land on our globe, but house more than half of our world's plant and animal species, and contain 80% of the Earth's land vegetation.
		Every four ounces (an average hamburger) is responsible for the destruction of 55 square feet of tropical rainforest, the loss of 1,000 pounds of vegetation, and the death of between twenty and thirty forms of life.
	www.rense.com /earthchanges/burgerwoods.htm (931 words)

	Natural Connections > TROPICAL FORESTS
		Tropical rainforests - though they account for only 6%of the Earth's land surface - are believed to contain more than half of all the species of organisms on the planet (The Diversity of Life, E.O. Wilson).
		With so much biodiversity concentrated in our tropical rainforests, and only a fraction of which have been identified to date, the rainforests and its inhabitants are largely unknown.
		And we may exterminate a species of insect or animal that is a "keystone species," a vital component in the health of rainforests.
	www.metrokc.gov /dnrp/swd/naturalconnections/tropical_forests.htm (493 words)

	Rain 3
		Even though the rainforests cover such a little amount of land mass of the Earth, they are home to the largest number of plant and animal species in such a concentrated area.
		The tropical rainforests climate is very warm, it has an average annual temperature of greater than 20 degrees celsius.
		The animal of the tropical rainforest are a wide variety that adapt to their surroundings in many ways.
	ths.sps.lane.edu /biomes/rain3/rain3.html (868 words)

	Tropical Rainforests
		Tropical rainforests are located close to the equator, an area known as the tropic zone.
		Tropical rainforests are found in South and Central America, Africa, Australia, and Asia.
		Temperate rainforests are found in the area of the earth known as the temperate zones.
	www.savetherainforest.org /savetherainforest_012.htm (160 words)

	Earth Floor: Biomes
		The tropical rainforest is a hot, moist biome found near Earth's equator.
		Tropical rainforests receive from 60 to 160 inches of precipitation that is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year.
		But in the tropical rainforest, plants grow so fast that they rapidly consume the nutrients from the decomposed leaf litter.
	www.cotf.edu /ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rforest.html (230 words)

	GeoTopics @ GeoNet
		Tropical rainforests are located around the equator where temperatures stay near 80 degrees year round.
		The Tropical Rainforest is a forest occurring in tropical areas of heavy rainfall.
		Rainforest canopies absorb carbon dioxide which is a gas in the atmosphere.
	www.bennett.karoo.net /topics/rainforest.html (1092 words)

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		Coffee beans, cashews and Brazil nuts are all native to the tropics.
		Rainforests cover 2 percent of the earth's surface, or 7 percent of its land mass.
		Rainforests are being destroyed at an estimated rate of about one football-field-sized area per second.
	jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us /barrier/rainreview.html (1055 words)

	Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Online Education Resource
		With just 2.5 million square miles (647 million hectares) of tropical rain forest remaining, we continue to lose an estimated 93,000 square miles (150,000 square km) a year.
		Although tropical rain forests now cover just 2 percent of the globe, they are home to more than half the world’s living plant and animal species.
		The defining characteristics of tropical a rain forest are temperature and rainfall.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/spot_sprain.htm (463 words)

	Amazon Jungle Lodge,Tropical Rainforest,Manaus,Brazil,Ecolodge and Amazon Adventure
		Gateway to amazon jungle tours, ecotourism, amazon river cruises, adventure nature tours, brazil rainforest tours, tropical manaus and jungle lodge manaus within the largest rainforests in south america.
		The Amazon region, the world's largest remaining tropical rainforest, where more than one third of the earth's fresh water flows, hosts a huge biological diversity and many unique animals of the amazon rainforest.
		Tropical rainforests are home to half the plant animal species on Earth.
	www.amazon-village.com.br (526 words)

	Rainforest animals: Zoom Rainforests
		Tropical rainforests are located in a band around the equator, mostly in the area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S latitude).
		This leafy environment is full of life in a tropical rainforest and includes: insects, birds, reptiles, mammals, and more.
		The Okapi is a nocturnal, giraffe-like mammal from African rainforests.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/rainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimals.shtml (2851 words)

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		Tropical rainforests cover less than 6% of the land on our globe, but house more than half of our world's plant and animal species, and contain 80% of the Earth's land vegetation.
		Rainforests are often cut down or burned so that cattle can be brought in to graze.
		Every four ounces (an average hamburger) is responsible for the destruction of 55 square feet of tropical rainforest, the loss of 1,000 pounds of vegetation, and the death of between twenty and thirty forms of life.
	www.yesworld.org /info/rainforest.htm (864 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.
		Tropical rain forests are mainly the product of climatic interactions, particularly temperature and rainfall.
		This last proviso is very important because it is only to those tropical forests which experience little seasonal variation in terms of rainfall that the term rain forest can legitimately be applied.
	www.oxfam.org.uk /coolplanet/ontheline/explore/nature/trfindex.htm (272 words)

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