#Id: 6048
#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.