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                                                        #Unit 10. Ecological Principles
                                                        Tropical rain forest
	Rainfall exceeds 230 cm per year, and temperature is hot year-round, averaging 25 to 29C. 
	Tropical rainforests lie in a band around the equator within the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn (23.5° N and S). 
	Soils are commonly shallow and nutrient-poor
There is little seasonal variation in sunlight and temperature
Tropical rainforests are produced 40 per cent of NPP of terrestrial ecosystems.