To attract animals
To store sugar to use later
For humans to eat
Adult ants eat the leaves
They feed it to fungus, which ant larvae eat
Ant larvae eat the leaves
They use it to build a nest
Emergents and the sky
Emergents and canopy
Forest floor and deep floor
Canopy and forest floor
Carry them to pockets of water
Lay eggs for tadpole food
Find pockets of water for them
All of the above
Rainforests get between 0 and 50 inches of rain a year.
Strangler fig
Abnormal
Equatorial tree
Emergent
It acts as camouflage
Sloths eat algae and bacteria
It cools them off
It attracts insects the sloth eats