I chose this biome because I have always thought that Tropical forests were interesting and they have a lot of different characteristics to them that are cool to study. The city I picked in a tropical forest area is Rio de Janeiro because it is very tropical there and it is in Brazil kind of south east Brazil on the coast of Brazil. It is very warm there and the cities record high is 109 degrees F. and the record low is 45 degrees F. and is mountainous and surrounded by water. The general climate yearly for the high is 81.0 degrees F. and the average low is 69.8 degrees F. An event that could damage/destroy my ecosystem could be Human Destruction. Humans coming and destroying the forest and leaving wood behind. If humans came and cut down everything and got rid of the plants than the herbivores would all die and if they all died than the carnivores would not have food, so everything would die. An Intermediate species is what forms after pioneer species. It is more growing but a slower processes. Things that are starting to grow after pioneer species are often smaller and more in patches. So if it is a Tropical forest there would be shrubs and things looking like they are starting to grow back. A Climax Community is the level of stability in an organism, what it started out at. • Bengal Bamboo • Bougainvillea • Kapok Tree • Toco Toucan • King Cobra • Harpy Eagle Harpy Eagle Bengal Tiger Slender Loris Jambu Fruit Dove Silvery Gibbon Dawn Bat Red-Shanked Douc Langur Bengal Bamboo Bougainvillea Jambu Secondary Consumer Primary Consumer Producer The Orangutan is a organism in the Tropical Rainforest and their niche they live in and spend their time in, is a tree. They will live in any type of tree and stay there. An animal that would compete with the Orangutan for food and resources could be a Silvery Gibbon because they eat the same food and live in the same type of place. This could affect both organisms niche because the more food that is being consumed by the different organisms in one place that faster the food would be gone. This completion could have many different outcomes, but a more common one would most likely be lack of food. The Toco Toucan has a long, big beak to grad and break fruit to eat it. They also have a long body to reach for food. Those two traits help them survive in this specific biome. Overproduction- The Toco Toucan have many eggs and sometimes not all their eggs survive. Variation- Long body so they could reach for food. Selection- The ones with long beak could not survive because they could not fit the whole fruit in their mouth. Adaptation- So since the short beak one did not survive, the long beak ones were able to survive and make it to reproductive age. Introduction Picture in title slide http://world.edu/natural-levels-nitrogen-tropical-forests-increase-vulnerability-pollution/ 1st Slide Picture of Toucan http://www.mypets.net.au/pet-articles/toucanstoucanets-and-aracaris-general-info/296/1 3rd Slide http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro Picture of Rio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro Part 1 5th Slide http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/rainforest.html 6th Slide Destroyed forest picture http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/51282 7th Slide http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/ Bengal Bamboo picture http://biomesfirst11.wikispaces.com/Tropical+Rainforest+Organisms Coconut Tree picture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coconut_tree_orchard.JPG 8th Slide Picture of Intermediate Species http://satyogaashram.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/retreat-cabins-costa-rica/ 9th Slide http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/ Picture of Tropical Forest http://smartphonewallpaper.com/view-tropical_forest-960x854.html Part 2 11th Slide Picture of Sun http://www.zmescience.com/space/sun-perfect-sphere-in-nature-013232/ Pictures of Plants and Animals http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/ 12th Slide Pictures are from 11th Slide 14th Slide The information in the text http://blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_animal_page.htm Picture of Bengal Tiger http://kncatchat.blogspot.com/2012/08/bengal-tiger-wallpapers.htmlnn Picture of Slender Loris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slender_Loris.jpg 15th Slide Info. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm Picture of Strangler Fig http://pressingstories.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/jowarra-national-park/strangler-fig-photo/ Picture of Toucan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Keel-billed_toucan,_costa_rica.jpg 16th Slide Info in Text http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_an_example_of_mutualism_in_tropical_rain_forests Picture of Fungi http://weknowwearecute.undebug.org/?attachment_id=1486 Picture of Ants http://www.pioneerpestmanagement.com/ant-season-is-approaching/ 17th Slide Info. in Text http://www.buzzle.com/articles/symbiotic-relationships-in-the-rainforest.html Picture of Army Ants http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/from-the-community-army-ants-beard-microbes-and-ant-mimicking-jumping-spiders/ Picture of Antbird (9th picture down) http://wildlifepicasa.blogspot.com/2012/08/antbird-wallpaper-wild-bird.html 18th Slide Info. in Text http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Example_of_parasitism_in_the_tropical_rainforest Picture of Leech http://islandwood.org/kids/stream_health/macros/Leech.html 19th Slide Info. In all Text http://blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_animal_page.htm Picture of Orangutan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orang_Utan,_Semenggok_Forest_Reserve,_Sarawak,_Borneo,_Malaysia.JPG Picture of Silvery Gibbon http://www.silvery.org.au/home/gibbon-s-call/ Part 4 21st Slide Picture of Coconut http://www.koraorganics.com/blog/live-in-my-skin/all-things-organic/organic-certification/coconut-oil-health-andbeauty-tips/ 22nd Slide Picture of Cut Down Forest http://www.english-online.at/geography/tropical-rainforest/tropical-rainforest.htm 23rd Slide Picture of People Walking http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/protect-brazil-rainforest/photos/?pageNo=5 25th Slide Picture of Toucan http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/dec/13/best-cottages-wildlife-holidays-lodges 26th Slide Picture of Toco Toucan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toco_Toucan 27th Slide Extinct Animal Website http://www.ehow.com/list_6456928_extinct-animals-amazon-rainforest.html Picture/niche http://www.phschool.com/science/science_news/articles/ratzilla.html Endangered Species info. http://www.lizasreef.com/HOPE%20FOR%20THE%20RAIN%20FORESTS/endangered_rain_forest_animals.htm Picture of Monkey http://500px.com/photo/870729