Second growth rainforest
Title | Info |
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Source | Dan L. Perlman |
Ecosystems | Forests |
Forests | Tropical rainforest |
Lessons | Succession |
Location | Monteverde,Puntarenas,Costa Rica,North America |
Second growth rainforest, near Monteverde, Costa Rica. This patch of forest was pasture land 18 years before this photograph was taken. An impressive amount of secondary succession has taken place, although many rainforests would not regrow so quickly.