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Program 1
What's a Rainforest?
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Planetary processes and environmental conditions resulting in tropical and temperate rainforests
Physical and behavioral adaptations of rainforest plants and creatures aiding their survival
Layers of the rainforest, and day and night as niches
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Program 2
The Rainforest Food Web
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Photosynthesis transforms the Sun's energy into food for plants and animals
Producer-consumer and mutualistic relationships in an ecosystem
Inter-relatedness of life in the rainforest
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Program 3
Niches and Species
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Natural selection results in different species inhabiting different ecological niches shaped by the environment
As Darwin found, birds adapted to life in different niches show variation in beak and body size and shape
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Program 4
Nature's Recycling Squad...
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Recycling of matter in an ecosystem
Energy transfer in an ecosystem
The community life of ants and some species of spiders as an adaptation to life in the rainforest
Importance of small creatures to the entire rainforest
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Program 5
Adapted for Survival...
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Variety of senses, and behavioral and physiological adaptations utilized by various species in order to survive in their environment
Convergent and divergent evolution as a factor in shaping similar and dissimilar body plans
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Program 6
The Green Laboratory
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Variety of research techniques required to study the rainforest scientifically
Contrasting personalities and personal qualities required of successful rainforest researchers
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Program 7
Rainforest Connections
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How and why rainforest plants may offer medically-beneficial pharmaceuticals
How rainforest education is required and may be successfully implemented in both rainforest nations and in non-rainforest locations
Principles of taxonomic classification
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Program 8
Fire, Flood and the Future of the Forests
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Relationship of rainforests to regional and global air and water quality, and atmospheric composition
Edge and fragmentation effects: environmental consequences of human activity, such as extinction
Ameliorative strategies to promote species survival
Interaction of science and social policy
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