Understanding Rain Forests.

[Mr_DR]

Rain Forest is just a more technical word that raplacced the word "JUNGLE"

What Keith may not understand is that there are many definitions of tropical rain forests especially for scientists which vary around the world depending which scheme classification is used.

One of the most useful of those schemes is the Holdridge pyramid. This is particularly popular in the Americas where it originated, and it’s often used to distinguish between different types of ‘rain forest’ in parts of the Neotropics, especially Central America. Rain forest in this scheme is actually divided into ‘moist forest’, ‘wet forest’, and ‘rain forest’. It uses the factors of water and temperature, and their variations, to determine the type of vegetation. Within Australia, a system designed by Specht is commonly used. It is based on canopy cover and the height and form of the dominant vegetation. In this classification, tropical rain forest comes under the general vegetation type ‘closed forest. So even when we scientifically define ‘tropical rain forest’ we run into difficulties. For example, what the public would consider ‘tropical rainforest’ in Australia may be called “closed forests” by Australian scientists, but would be considered mere ‘moist forest’ or ‘wet forest’ by American ecologists. In the end, we must remember that definitions and classifications are all artificial constructs.

[Keith R]

Mr. DR, if you are going to plagarize, I will have to delete your posts.

This was largely lifted, without attribution, from the following site:
http://rainforest-australia.com/Tropical_Rainforest.htm

I see that you're still goggling.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Keith R

I see that you're still goggling.

What's the difference between goggling and googling?

[Keith R]

Originally Posted by Chris

What's the difference between goggling and googling?

LOL, ok ok, late night typo, I admit. I meant Googling.

[Chris]

Don't mind me, I like the word. I had the pleasure of visiting Virgin Rainforest in Costa Rica in the Corcovado National Park with local Indians and you could say I was goggling... goggle eyed, goggle brained and my legs were goggling too, as we were on some mountain ponies for about 9 hours. Rainforests (the Costa Rica type) are quite something.. and I have not seen anything similar in the DR.

Wanna know about real rainforests.. Check this out.. http://www.worldheadquarters.com/cr/...rks/corcovado/

[Mr_DR]

Originally Posted by Chris

Don't mind me, I like the word. I had the pleasure of visiting Virgin Rainforest in Costa Rica in the Corcovado National Park with local Indians and you could say I was goggling... goggle eyed, goggle brained and my legs were goggling too, as we were on some mountain ponies for about 9 hours. Rainforests (the Costa Rica type) are quite something.. and I have not seen anything similar in the DR.

Wanna know about real rainforests.. Check this out.. http://www.worldheadquarters.com/cr/...rks/corcovado/

Just because there have not been any interests in making a business out of this does not means that these conditions do not exists in the DR
and like the link i posted states" Scientific opinions differs on what others may or may not concider rain forests.

Sorry, did not mean to plagiarise and you can delete it if you want.

[Mr_DR]

Originally Posted by Keith R

Mr. DR, if you are going to plagarize, I will have to delete your posts.

This was largely lifted, without attribution, from the following site:
http://rainforest-australia.com/Tropical_Rainforest.htm

I see that you're still goggling.

Me and you both...lol

Sorry, did not mean to plagiarise.

Did you know that DR won the Miss Rain Forest Queen Title in 1999 ? http://www.sanpedrosun.net/old/99-52b.html

[Keith R]

Originally Posted by Mr_DR

Me and you both...lol

Ah, but the difference is that I google to find out where you're lifting your un-attributed info, whereas I know quite a bit about rainforests without ever having to google because I have been working professionally on environmental issues for 24 years.

[Mr_DR]

Originally Posted by Keith R

Ah, but the difference is that I google to find out where you're lifting your un-attributed info, whereas I know quite a bit about rainforests without ever having to google because I have been working professionally on environmental issues for 24 years.

I don't know K,

I will try to believe it.
especially since you said that the carribean islands are not concidered part of Central America.

[Pib]

Originally Posted by Mr_DR

I don't know K,

I will try to believe it.
especially since you said that the carribean islands are not concidered part of Central America.

The way America is "divided" is different depending on the country.