Fig. 32 Ecological climatic diagrams from southern Ecuador (San Francisco Biological Station)
and from Costa Rica (San Ramón Biological Station, Rio Lorencito). The climate is typically humid
and tropical all year round, with almost no annual temperature oscillation; most months are hyperhumid, with above 100 mm precipitation/month
Fig. 33 Number of individuals per hectare of tree species (% of total) in the tropical montane
rainforest in the Sierra de Tilarán at Reserva San Ramón, Costa Rica (Wattenberg and Breckle 1995);
37% of tree species are represented by only one individual, 20% of species have two individuals
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and from Costa Rica (San Ramón Biological Station, Rio Lorencito). The climate is typically humid
and tropical all year round, with almost no annual temperature oscillation; most months are hyperhumid, with above 100 mm precipitation/month
Fig. 33 Number of individuals per hectare of tree species (% of total) in the tropical montane
rainforest in the Sierra de Tilarán at Reserva San Ramón, Costa Rica (Wattenberg and Breckle 1995);
37% of tree species are represented by only one individual, 20% of species have two individuals
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