Tropical Seasonal Forest

1. Tropical Seasonal Forest Clay Turner Jordan Dunn

2. Tropical Seasonal Forest • Also known as the “Tropical Dry Forest” and the “Tropical Deciduous Forest.” • High temp. around 20° Celcius • Rainfall anywhere between 50 to 300 cm/year Key differences between Tropical Seasonal Forest and Savanna. • Tropical Seasonal Forest possesses more densely-populated groups of trees, while trees in the Savanna is more sparse. • The Savanna is typically dryer than Tropical Seasonal Forest and averages less yearly precipitation.

3. Most of Mexico is a Tropical Seasonal Forest, The west coast of Central America. Northeast South America (Brazil-Argentina). Much of southern and central Africa, as well as India and southeast Asia and Northern Australia.

4. Critters • Nine-banded Armadillo • Black Iguana Paca The Kinkajou

5. Turquoise-Browed Motmot Agouti Violaceous Trogon

6. Producers • Acacia tree • “Naked Indian” tree Malinche Tree Caoba

7. Pochote • Guapinol -> Jobo Tree ->

8. Human Impact • The Tropical Seasonal Forest is a common target of clear-cutting for lumber and repurposing as pastures and agricultural fields. • Wild animals are often chased off by farmers who put up fences around critical watering holes and paths for migration. • Tropical Seasonal Forests are often located in areas of high population growth, this has put pressure on officials to remove these forests for more farm land.

9. What’s Being Done? • Many individuals have taken up the cause of protecting these forests. • Nobel Peace Prize winner WangariMaathai founded Green Belt, an organization dedicated to ending poverty and deforestation in Africa. • Green belt has planted over 30 million trees since its forming in 1977.

10. Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

11. Bibliography • http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tropdry.htm • http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2004/presentation-speech.html