Distinctive Characteristics

Cards (5)

  • Plant Adaptations
    • Buttress roots
    • Drip tip leaves
    • Lianas
  • Animal Adaptations
    • Camouflage
    • Nocturnal
    • Slow
    • Only excretes every 2 weeks
  • Interdependance : Agouti and Brazil nut Tree
    Agouti is the only animal that can open the hard nuts from the tree, but the Agouti cannot finish all of the nuts so they plant it underground to save for later. The Agouti then forgets where the nuts are planted and the nut overtime grows into another tree, creating a cycle
  • Physical Characteristics
    • ~27 C
    • >2,500mm/yr
    • 4 Layers (emergents, canopy, under canopy, shrub)
  • Interdependence : Nutrient Cycle