tropical rainforest
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Spreading over dozens of hectares of protected tropical rainforest, Tacugama is home to the critically endangered Western chimpanzee, which is threatened by habitat loss and poaching for bushmeat.
From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025
Also known as Celtic rainforest, the habitat harbours scarce plants, lichens and fungi, and is considered more threatened than tropical rainforest.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
But seagrass does it especially fast — at a rate 35 times that of tropical rainforest.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
Their findings show that the transition from tropical rainforest to contemporary oil-palm plantation has increased precipitation, runoff and soil moisture.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2024
The most extensive type of vegetation on the Gulf Coastal Plain is a tall evergreen forest resembling tropical rainforest.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.
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