- A. What is a tropical rainforest?
- B. Extent of tropical rainforests
- C. Age of tropical Rainforests
- D. History of human interactions with tropical rainforests
- E. Composition of tropical rainforests
- F. Forest maintenance and succession
- G. Rainforest ecology
- 1) Introduction
- 2) Rainforest structure
- 3) Forest niches
- 4) Productivity
- 5) Nutrient cycling
- 6) Species richness
- 7) Age of vegetation
- 8) Forest microclimates
- 9) Symbiotic interactions
- 10) Roles of fungi and other microbes
- 11) Reproduction in rainforest flora
- 12) Plant-soil interactions
- 13) Rainforest stability and disturbance
- 14) Roles of pathogens
- H. Rainforest role in the carbon cycle
- I. Rainforest role in the nitrogen cycle
- J. Rainforest role in the water cycle
- K. Rainforest role in climate
- L. Tropical Soils
