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Figure 2.1 Tropical Rainforest in Guatemala. Note the presence of emergent trees.
(Photo by author.)
Figure 2.2 World distribution of Tropical Rainforest Biome.
(Map by Bernd Kuennecke.)
families) are distinct in each. The species in the Tropical Rainforest Biome are
vastly different from those of the temperate forests. Species diversity is highest in
the extensive Neotropical Rainforest, particularly in the Amazon; second in the
highly fragmented Asian-Pacific region; and lowest in Africa.
