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