FOR201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intertropical Convergence Zone, Tropical And Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests, Peat Swamp Forest
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For210h1: lecture 3 - tropical plant life, tropical forest structure and dynamics. The neotropics are divided into central and southern america. Paleotropics: is the rest of the world"s tropics. The paleotropics are divided into africa, madagascar, asia (malesia, monsoonal. What determines the global distribution of vegetation types: Adiabatic cooling: is the process of reducing heat through a change in air pressure causing by volume expansion. Moist air gains heat from condensation, partially offsetting adiabatic cooling. How much does it freeze at the top of mt. 4000 m x (0. 6 c/ 100 m) = 24 c change. Hopkins formulated the relationship between elevation, latitude, longitude, and seasonal events. Temperature lapse with increasing elevation is reflected in temperature lapse with increasing latitude. When you climb up mountains in the tropic, they become similar to those found at northern latitudes. Precipitation: is water that falls to the ground as rain, snow etc. Water in terrestrial environments must ultimately become precipitation inputs.
