Ecosistemas

Ecosystems

Gifts for the World

Recognition from the United Nations, Bosque Seco de Guánica

-Recognized by the

United Nations

1980

1981

Areas

Guánica

•Evergreen Forest

•Deciduous

Forest

•Thorn Bushes

Forest

•Dwarf Forest

Areas

•Dwarf Forest

•Tabonuco Forest

•Palo Colorado

Forest

•Sierra Palm

Forest

Yunque

Water

Dry Forest • 30in. of Rain Water

• Results:

– Smaller trees

– Dry air

– Smaller Leaves

– Divided the forest in

sections

– Adaptation

Rain Forest • 200in. Of Rain Water

• Results:

– Taller trees

– More Humidity

– Bigger Leaves

– Divides the forest in

sections

– Adaptation

Soil “Forest inside another

Forest” “Multi-layered cake”

Flora •Height of

trees

•Tree

abundance

Flora

Plants'

leaves

Flora •Photosynthesis

•Diverse

vegetation

Flora

Canopy Layers and

Height

•Difference between the four areas

of the two forests

•Difference between the canopy

layers

Canopy Layers and Height

Canopy Layers and Height

Fauna

•Insects, reptiles and anphibians

•Birds

-Pájaro Bobo Mayor

– San Pedrito

Fauna Guánica

• Guabairo

• Guaraguao

• Sapo Concho

• Siguara del Rabo

Azul

Fauna

Yunque •Zorzal Pardo

•Cotorra

Puertorriqueña

Buffer Zone

•Guánica

•Yunque

Problems

•Yunque

-Overpopulation

-Pollution

-Endangered Species

Problems •Guánica

–Invading Species

–Epiphytes Plants

–Global Climate Change