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Tropical forest
Tropical forest: forests between roughly 30°N and 30°S, also called tropical rainforest or jungle; 45% of world forest area, ~80% of land species, over 90% of global deforestation, major carbon sinks under threat.
Tropical rainforest
A tropical rainforest is an evergreen forest of the tropical wet zone, found in the Amazon, the Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia, with very high rainfall and exceptional biodiversity.
Vegetation
Vegetation: the plant cover of an area, studied through physiognomy, structure, and floristic composition; classified by Braun-Blanquet phytosociology and physiognomic systems, mapped by remote sensing, and changing through succession and climate-driven greening.
Wildlife habitat
Wildlife habitat: the environment and resources supporting survival and reproduction of wild species; also called habitat. Covers definitions, history (Grinnell, Leopold), habitat loss versus fragmentation effects, and conservation, restoration, and 30x30 protection efforts.
Woodland
Woodland: open-canopy tree vegetation with broken tree crowns and grassy understory, distinct from closed-canopy forest; also FAO "other wooded land" (5-10% tree cover) and US FIA woodland species groups.