Tropical Dry forests

What are they

types of dry tropical forest

slide of forest: http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tropdry.htm

Where are they found

Maps of dry forest locations

slide: http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~daniels/biomes/images_all/explore_map.gif

slide: http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/W4442E/w4442e00.jpg

Under what conditions are they found

slide of tropical dry forest climate diagrams

slide of length of dry season and forest types for India and Venezuela (repeat from rainforest lecture)

http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/images/tropseas/whittaker_seasonal.jpg

What are the challenges to plants and animals in these environments

Dry forest structure and physiognomy

http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/W4442E/w4442e05.htm#TopOfPage

figure: rainfall and epiphyte density

Diversity in tropical dry forests

tables of dry forest diversity

forest regeneration

Productivity in Tropical Dry forests

slide of carbon in earth biomes

slide of productivity of earth biomes

Soils and nutrient cycling

slide of nutrient balance for tropical dry forest

Water balance

types of dry forest trees

disturbance and recovery