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1. TROPICAL SEASONAL FORESTS
BINAYA SHAH

2. INTRODUCTION
THIS SEASONS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY DISTINCT
WET AND DRY SEASONS, THESE FORESTS LOOKS BROWN
AND DORMANT IN THE DRY SEASON BUT BURST INTO
VIVID GREEN DURING RAINY .

3. Most common where Biomes occur
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India,
South East Asia,
West Africa,
the West Indies,
Northern Australia,
Southern Mexico,
Paraguay and

4. CLIMATE / SEASONS:
TROPICAL DRY FORESTS HAVE A SEASONAL
CLIMATE, ALTERNATING BETWEEN A WET AND DRY
SEASON. HOWEVER, THE DRY SEASON IS OFTEN
LONGER THAN THE WET SEASON, LASTING OVER FIVE
MONTHS EVERY YEAR.

5. SUNLIGHT:
TREES ARE NOT AS CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AS IN A
RAIN FOREST, THEREFORE ALLOWING MORE SUNLIGHT
TO REACH THE FOREST FLOOR.

6. LATITUDE:
THESE FORESTS TEND TO EXIST NORTH AND SOUTH
OF THE EQUATORIAL RAINFOREST BELT, SOUTH OR
NORTH OF THE SUBTROPICAL DESERTS, GENERALLY IN
TWO BANDS, ONE BETWEEN 10° AND 20°N LATITUDE
AND THE OTHER BETWEEN 10° AND 20°S LATITUDE. THE
MOST DIVERSE DRY FORESTS IN THE WORLD OCCUR IN
SOUTHERN MEXICO AND IN THE BOLIVIAN LOWLANDS.

7. TEMPERATURE:
THE ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURE IS
APPROXIMATELY 81ºF,OR AROUND 27ºC. HOWEVER, IN
THE DRY SEASON, THIS MAY INCREASE TO 99ºF, OR 37ºC.

8. GROWING SEASON:
TROPICAL SEASONAL FORESTS ARE TURN GREEN
DURING WET SEASON. THESE FORESTS TYPICALLY ARE
FOUND IN VERY WARM REGIONS IN THE TROPICS,
WHERE THE MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE IS GREATER
THAN 17C (63F), AND WHERE RAINFALL IS IN THE RANGE
OF 250 TO 2000 MM PER YEAR (10 TO 80 INCHES).

9. SPECIES DIVERSITY
Plant Life
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Most of the trees and shrubs found in
this type of habitat are deciduous,
losing their leaves at beginning of
the dry season
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Leaves shed in dry season to
conserve soil moisture.
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Up to 40 tree species in small forests
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Dry forests consist of trees, shrubs,
and undergrowth of different heights
which form a canopy
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Lotus, ironwood, and acacias
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Columnar, jumping cholla and barrel
cactus
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More light penetration and more
understory vegetation than a tropical
rain forest
Animal Life
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Tasmanian devil
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Ants
American alligator
Merriam's Kangaroo
rat
Lizards
Shrews
Coyotes
Kit and gray foxes
Ringtails
Raccoons
Skunks
Badger
Bobcat
Mountain lion
Ocelot

10. BOBCATS
TIGER
HTTP://SWISHER.WIKISPACES.COM/09+TROPICAL+DRY+FOREST
HTTP://UPLOAD.WIKIMEDIA.ORG/WIKIPEDIA/COMMONS
ANIMALS IN THE TROPICAL DRY FOREST HAVE ADAPTED TO SURVIVE IN THE ARID, DRY SEASONS.
MANY ANIMALS ARE NOCTURNAL, GATHERING THEIR FOOD IN THE COOLER NIGHT, CONSERVING
WATER. THESE ANIMALS HAS 6 TIME GREATER NIGHT VISION THAN HUMAN WHICH ENABLES TO
HUNT AT NIGHT AND MAKES THEM ADOPTED TO TROPICAL SEASONAL FORESTS.

11. MOUNTAIN LION
WWW.ANIMALS.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/ANIMALS
COYOTE
WWW.CHATTANOOGANATURECENTER.ORG
THIS ANIMALS ARE ADOPTED TO BLEND INTO SURROUNDING DURING DRY SEASON. THEY HIDE
INTO ROCKS AND DRY BUSHES. THEY ARE BLENDED TO THE BROWN COLOR WHICH MAKES
HARD TO SEE THEM AND EASY TO CATCH THEIR PRAY.

12. SHREW
MERRIAM'S KANGAROO RATS
HTTP://TRUE-WILDLIFE.BLOGSPOT.COM/2011/02/ELEPHANT-SHREW.HTML
HTTP://FACULTY.UCR.EDU/~CHAPPELL/INW/MAMMALS/PANAMINT.SHTML
THESE MAMMALS ARE ADOPTED TO THE TROPICAL SEASONAL
FORESTS BECAUSE THEY CAN HIDE INTO THE SOIL DURING THE DRY SEASONS AND CAN FIND
THEIR FOODS ON SOIL AND DURING THE WET SEASON THEY CAN FIND EASY FOODS.

13. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:
THE FACT THAT THE DRY SEASON LASTS LONGER THAN THE WET SEASON, AS WELL AS THE SOIL’S HIGH
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO EROSION, LIMITS THE GROWTH OF CERTAIN PLANT LIFE. THIS, IN TURN, WILL LIMIT THE BIOME’S
ABILITY TO SUSTAIN ANIMAL LIFE.
THE HIGH PRODUCTIVITY DURING THE WET SEASON, AS WELL AS THE RELIEF FROM RAIN DURING THE
DRY SEASON MAKES THIS A FAVORABLE AREA FOR HUMANS TO CLEAR IN ORDER TO BE DEVELOPED FOR
AGRICULTURAL NEEDS. SINCE DRY FOREST IS SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE, MUCH OF IT HAS BEEN BURNED TO
MAKE WAY FOR FARMLAND.
ALTHOUGH THESE FORESTS COVER THE MAJORITY OF THE SOIL ON THE EARTH BUT STILL THEY ARE MOST
ENDANGERED FOREST BECAUSE OF BEING USED FOR AGRICULTURAL NEEDS. TO ELIMINATE THESE PROBLEMS
PEOPLE MUST HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF DEFORESTATION OF THESES FOREST.

14. WORK CITED:
SWISHER. "SWISHER - 09 TROPICAL DRY FOREST." TROPICAL DRY FOREST (MAY 28, 2009): 1-5.SWISHER - 09
TROPICAL DRY FOREST. 28 MAY 2009. WEB. 15 OCT. 2013.
"TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL DRY BROADLEAF FORESTS." WIKIPEDIA. WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION, 10 JAN. 2013.
WEB. 15 OCT. 2013.
"TROPICAL SEASONAL FORESTS PAGE." TROPICAL SEASONAL FORESTS PAGE. N.P., N.D. WEB. 15 OCT. 2013.
GUTIERREZ, KENNETH, MARLON AMADOR, ELI GONZALEZ, AND STEPHANIE M. "TROPICAL DRY FOREST
BIOME." TROPICAL DRY FOREST BIOME. N.P., N.D. WEB. 15 OCT. 2013.
<HTTP://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/MDONOHUE/TROPICAL-DRY-FOREST-BIOME>.