Grassland Communities in Moist Tropical Forests

Abstract

Forests require a particular combination of ecological conditions for their proper development. This hypothesis is true even in the case of the grassland communities. It is, however, believed that the environmental conditions required for the development of a particular grassland type are not so specific as in the case of forests. Thus, a grassland type may run across a number of varying forest types. This distribution becomes specific only if the edaphic conditions are overwhelmingly operative and biotic influences are too rigorous. Thus, a grassland type may co-exist with a forest type if the latter is conditioned by edaphic and biotic influences. Champian's forest types have been made use of while discussing the grassland types.