Dry season produces biggest growth spurt.(tropical rain forests)

USA Today (Magazine) | June 1, 2006 | Copyright

The Amazon rain forest puts on its biggest growth spurt during the dry season, show satellite images provided by NASA. "Most of the vegetation around the world follows a general pattern in which plants get green and lush during the rainy season and, then, during the dry season, leaves fall because there is not enough water in the soil to support plant growth," points out researcher Alfredo R. Huete.

"What we found for a large section of the Amazon is the opposite. As soon as the rains stop and you start to enter a dry period, the Amazon becomes alive. New leaves ...

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