Missouri Botanical Garden
Exploring the Tropics
Table of Contents
Are All Tropical Forests,
Rain
Forests?
Tropical Rain Forest Layers
Effects of Elevation on Climate and Vegetation
What is Meant by Adaptation
Plant Adaptations to the Tropical Rain Forest
Plant and Animal Interactions
Biological Diversity
Economic Plants of the Tropics
Interesting Plants of the Tropics
People of the Tropical Rain Forest
Causes of Destruction
What You Can Do
To Learn More About Tropical Rain Forests
Organizations That Could Use Your Support
Written by:
Glenn E. Kopp
Barbara Addelson
Helena Williams Fox
John MacDougal
Sandra Rode
Web Version made possible by:
Keven D. Ficken
Leslie Miller
Jackson DeBuhr