A Study of Intensity of Light and its Effects on the

Microclimate of Primary and Secondary Forest

La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Heredia, Costa Rica

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Figure 2-Luminosity    Figure 3-Soil Temp    Figure 4- Air_Temp    Figure 5-Humidity    Table 1

References

Flenley, John.  The Equatorial Rain Forest:  A Geological History.  England: Butterworth & Co. Publishers, 1979.

 Jansen, Daniel H.  Costa Rican Natural History.  Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 1983.

Newman, Arnold.  Tropical Rainforest.  New York:  Facts on File, Inc., 1990.

Richards, P.W.  The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological Study.  United Kingdom:  Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Terborgh, John.  Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forest.  New York:  Scientific American Library, 1992.