Tropical Rain Forest

Synopsis: Shows some important ecological features of a tropical evergreen rain forest in Mexico. Filmed at Los Tuxtlas, Southern Veracruz, Mexico, at the forest reserve of the University of Mexico Institute of Biology and features the work of some of their ecologists led by the Director, Professor Jose Sarukhan. Discusses the dynamics of forest recovery by looking at plant succession in natural gaps. Looks at the impact of herbivory by ants and other insects, the symbiosis of a colony of Azteca ants living in a Cecropia tree, the influence of forest regeneration on howler monkeys, white-tailed deer and pecari, the diversity of bats and their role as pollinators and seed dispersal agents, the vertical stratification from the canopy to the forest soil of reptiles and amphibians and the mechanism of seed germination in gaps.
Series: Ecology, Course S326
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1986
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: ecosystems; Mexico; rain forests; tropical rain forest ecosystems

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