Southern temperate forest dominated by Araucaria spp. in southeastern Brazil. Photo: Jason Hollinger/Wikipedia. Southern Temperate Forest The Southern temperate forest is a woodland formation dominated by Araucaria spp. This forest type once covered large areas of eastern Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina in Brazil, above 900 meters. The southern temperate forest has […]
Destruction of the tropical humid montane forests to give way to a coffee plantation. Threats to Birds Birds are the most representative and ubiquitous group of animals. Any natural area is reasonably the habitat for one or many bird species. Precisely because birds occupy almost all habitats on earth, any human activity that involves the
The Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest is often known as the Neotropical Rainforest. This forest type is characterized by little or no seasonal water shortage and rather uniform warm and humid conditions. In the Neotropics, the Lowland Tropical Evergreen Forest occurs up to 900 m. Structure of the Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest The Tropical Lowland Evergreen Forest is structurally complex
