Tropical Biome: Tropical Rainforest

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Tropical Rainforests
Tropical rainforests are located around the band of the equator and consist of moss, rocks and trees. Many abiotic factors the rainforest has is water, sunlight, soil, precipitation, and temperature. The native plants in this biome is bromeliad, strangler figs, amazon water lily, and banana trees. The native animals are jaguars, ocelot, three-toed sloths, and toucans. Example of competition in this biome is jaguar and ocelot; mutualism would be capuchin monkey which helps spread pollen it collects when eating. Average precipitation for the tropical rainforest is in between 50-260 inches of rainfall yearly. Temperature here is 68*F-93*F. The winter is long and wet and summer is drier and short. Climate change would affect

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