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What defines a tropical forest?
1. Location and climate characteristics
What defines a tropical forest?
1. Location and climate characteristics (2)
What defines a tropical forest?
2. Not all tropical forests are the same!
Holdridge Diagram
General Characteristics of Tropical Forests
1. Diversity
Tropical diversity examples (2):
Tropical diversity examples (3):
So why are tropical forests so diverse?
Understanding high diversity involves two components:
Creation of diversity
Maintenance of diversity
Equilibrium Theories (1)
Equilibrium Theories (2)
Non-equilibrium theories
Structural characteristics of tropical forests
Functional characteristics of tropical forests
Soil Nutrients and nutrient cycling
Implications for human disturbance and management
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