By: Emma, Gretchen, Allishba, Emily, and Miranda

Geographic Location

-found near and along the equator -most complex biome -10 ° N and 10 ° S latitude. -Over 50% of the world's rainforests are located in South America. -Amazon Rainforest: most diversity

Distribution of the Biome

-3 major disjunct formations which are: •Neotropical: Amazonia into Central America •African: West Africa and Eastern Madagascar •Indo-Malaysian: West India, Southern Asia, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Limiting Factors

-Density Dependent: affects positively or negatively the size of a specific population. •ex. increase in the leopard population affects spider monkey population -Density Independent: affects all of the populations, and destroys the whole environoment. •Deforestation

Bibliography -"Primary and Secondary Sucession." Discovery Education Science. N.p., 2010. Web. 16 May 2014. -Hauburg, Lauren. "Tropical Rainforest Biome." Tropical Rainforest Biome. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2014. -Woodword, Susan L. "Tropical Rainforest Biomes of the World." Radford. N.p., 2012. Web. 12 May 2014.