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