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Do tropical rainforests have more or less species than other biomes?
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They have the most species.
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Why do tropical rainforests contain so many species?
The tropical rainforests are so heavily populated because there is many different kinds of vegetation (plants) attracting herbivores, which attract other consumers. Also tropical rainforest's contain many bugs which attract different bug eating birds, therefor attracting others. It's one big food chain, or food web.
Where are rain forests located?
Where Are Rainforests Located?Tropical rainforests are located near the equator. Fifty seven percent of all tropical rainforests are found in Latin America. One third of the world's tropical rainforests are in Brazil. Other tropical rainforests are located in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands (25% of the world's tropical rainforests) and West Africa (18%).
Tropical rainforests have more kinds of plants and animals than any other land biome what is a biotic factor in a tropical rain forest?
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What is the difference between a rainforest and a jungle?
• Rainforests receive a much higher rainfall than grasslands get.• Rainforests provide homes for much more species than grasslands would offer.• Main vegetation of rainforests is woody plants while grasslands have herbaceous (non-woody) plants.• There are only two types of rainforests, whereas grasslands are of five main types depending on the climatic conditions.• Rainforests have high density of plants with different heights, whereas grasslands barely have trees and all the bushes are usually short.• The humidity is higher inside rainforests than in grasslands.• Rainforests are stable ecosystems while grasslands and not stable.Read more: http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-rainforest-and-vs-grassland/#ixzz2lhmMJ7Un
What are 8 major biomes on earth?
The names of the major biomes are desert, tundra, tropical rain forest, deciduous forest, taiga, grassland, marine,freshwater, coniferous forest and saltwater There are other biomes too such as: temperate rainforest (a rainforest that is outside of tropical latitudes) savannah (hot, dry grassland) prairie (a temperate grassland) For more on sub-biomes and biome information go to: http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/terrestrial-biomes-13236757 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vegetation-no-legend.PNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ocean_drainage.png My favorite classification of biomes is by using the WWF system. Type in "WWF biomes" in your search engine. also wikipedia has great info on biomes and so does http://worldwildlife.org/biomes
Do tropical rain forests have more or fewer species than other biomes?
they have more
What is home to more species than all other land biomes combined?
Tropical Rain forest
Where are rain forestes?
Where Are Rainforests Located?Tropical rainforests are located near the equator. Fifty seven percent of all tropical rainforests are found in Latin America. One third of the world's tropical rainforests are in Brazil. Other tropical rainforests are located in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands (25% of the world's tropical rainforests) and West Africa (18%).
What is the richest the tropical rainforest the temperate rainforest the grasslands?
The richest of all the world's biomes are the Amazon lowlands. For example, there are about 1,000 species of birds in the biome along with many thousands of other species of plants and animals.
Hot and wet year round home to more species than all other land biomes combined?
Tropical rain forest
In Mexico what do rainforests export?
Among other things, wood, many tropical plants and several species of mammals, birds and reptiles. Some of them are illegally exported as such species are endangered or on the verge of extinction.
is there any other biomes in fiji apart from tropical rain forest?
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What is the future for tropical rainforests?
If humans don't stop clearing Tropical Rainforests they will eventually disappear for good. Scientists predict that in 40 years there will be no more Rainforests and the sloths and giant anteaters and many other animals will die with it.
Why are people concerned about destruction of tropical rain forest?
because,The tropical rain forest is home to more species of plants and animals than all the world's other land biomes combined and some type of organisms can exist only in the tropical rain forest.
Where are the world's rain forests?
Tropical rainforests are located near the equator. Fifty seven percent of all tropical rainforests are found in Latin America. One third of the world's tropical rainforests are in Brazil. Other tropical rainforests are located in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands (25% of the world's tropical rainforests) and West Africa (18%).
Why do tropical rainforests contain so many species?
The tropical rainforests are so heavily populated because there is many different kinds of vegetation (plants) attracting herbivores, which attract other consumers. Also tropical rainforest's contain many bugs which attract different bug eating birds, therefor attracting others. It's one big food chain, or food web.
Where is a cactus?
Cacti have adapted to live in a number of habitats, including the desert, grassland and rainforests as well as a few other biomes.
