IDSB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hectare, South Asia, Neotropical Realm
21 Apr 2016
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The largest forest tracts in the world are: south america, part of. Africa and south asia: they have low gdp per capita. Any tropical forest areas that exist in the mew world: brazilian amazon. Tropic forest areas on the african continent and parts of south east. Tropical dry forests: areas that are 10 -20 degrees that are north or south to the equator, where intz are moving around throughout the year, it will have a pronounced dry season (june-aug, usually deciduous. Lose leaves for part of the year (during the driest times of the year) Cloud forests: 500-4000m above sea level, more precipitation as there is higher elevation. Tropical rainforests: they have 10x more precipitation throughout the year, will have the same amount of precipitation throughout the year, evergreen tropical rainforests. We have observed about 0. 5 degree of warming so far (pg 35)
