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