Tropical Monsoon Forest II

Diversity of the plant species and its density

Prologue
Monsoon forest, also called dry forest or tropical deciduous forest, open woodland in tropical areas that have a long dry season followed by a season of heavy rainfall. The trees in a monsoon forest usually shed their leaves during the dry season and come into leaf at the start of the rainy season. Many lianas (woody vines) and herbaceous epiphytes (air plants, such as orchids are present. Monsoon forests are especially well developed in Southeast Asia and are typified by tall teak trees and thickets of bamboo.

Plants of the Tropical Rainforest

Trees tower over a tropical rainforest, forming a canopy that shades the forest floor. Numerous epiphytes, plants that live on trees, live in this canopy, including orchids and mosses. Shade-loving plants, including ferns, shrubs and vines dot the forest floor among the fallen leaf litter of the canopy trees. Modern medicine owes much to the plants of the rainforest, since many pharmaceutical drugs originated there, such as curare and quinine.

Density

“The factors determining species commonness and rarity are poorly understood, particularly in highly diverse communities. Theory predicts that interactions with neighbors of the same (conspecific) and other (heterospecific) species can influence a species’ relative abundance, but empirical tests are lacking. By using a hierarchical model of survival for more than 30,000 seedlings of 180 tropical tree species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, we tested whether species’ sensitivity to neighboring individuals relates to their relative abundance in the community. We found wide variation among species in the effect of conspecific, but not heterospecific, neighbors on survival, and we found a significant relationship between the strength of conspecific neighbor effects and species abundance. Specifically, rare species suffered more from the presence of conspecific neighbors than common species did, suggesting that conspecific density dependence shapes species abundances in diverse communities. “

Tropical Monsoon Forests

Tropical Monsoon Climates
 What is it?
A tropical Monsoon Climate, occasionally also known as a tropical wet climate or tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate.
-The climate have a monthly mean temperatures above 18°C in every month of the year and features distinct wet and dry seasons.
 -Have High annual rainfall and temperatures
-Experienced by countries between 10° and 25° North and south of the equator. 
-Some notable cities with this type of climate include (Mangalore, India ) and (Yangon, Myammar) .

Diversity of plant species and density

-The Tropical Monsoon Forest-

Diversity of plant species
There are fewer species of plants in the Tropical Monsoon forest compared to A tropical rainforest due to the inconsistent rainfall.
-About 202 species of plants can be found in one hectare of the forest
Trees
Most of them are hardwoods and some are commercially valuable species such as
-(Sandal wood used for making incense )

Tropical Monsoon Forest

The structure has 3 vertical layers. Trees are shorter than thoses in tropical rainforests as rainfall is seasonal.
monsoon forest, also called dry forest or tropical deciduous forest,  open woodland in tropical areas that have a long dry season followed by a season of heavy rainfall. The trees in a monsoon forest usually shed their leaves during the dry season and come into leaf at the start of the rainy season. Many lianas (woody vines) and herbaceous epiphytes (air plants, such as orchids are present. Monsoon forests are especially well developed in Southeast Asia and are typified by tall teak trees and thickets of bamboo.

Details of myself

My name is Lin Chunyue, from class 3/9.
I did this project by myself as I do not have a group.
I chose Tropical Monsoon Forest as my topic.