Day 242 - 29 Apr 96 - Page 17
1 Q. Yes?
2 A. I would normally use, as do a number of authors, sub
3 categories in accordance with the level of precipitation,
4 so wet forest for the higher level.
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6 Q. Take it slowly because I am making a note.
7 A. Yes.
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9 Q. Yes?
10 A. So I would say "wet forest", "tropical wet forest",
11 which would be among the higher levels of precipitation.
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13 Q. Yes?
14 A. "Moist forests" are somewhat lower levels of
15 precipitation.
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17 Q. Yes?
18 A. And I cannot remember using the term "humid" but it is
19 there.
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21 Q. It is in the second of your statements in divider 2?
22 A. Yes.
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24 Q. I would like you to look at that because it may be
25 significant. Can you look in the divider ti the second of
26 your statements. Go the other way. That is right.
27 A. This one?
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29 Q. It is in divider 2?
30 A. Yes, I have it.
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32 Q. The second sheet there and it is in paragraph 3?
33 A. Yes. The term "humid" is not a scientific term for the
34 term "rainforest".
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36 Q. Is not a?
37 A. It is not a scientific term; it is not used in the
38 literature.
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40 Q. Can you relate it to "tropical wet", "tropical moist" or
41 "tropical dry" and tell me what you meant by it there?
42 A. Yes. What I had in mind in that item number 3 was the
43 over arching category of "rainforest".
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45 Q. What, the "tropical wet" and "tropical moist"?
46 A. That is correct.
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48 Q. So if we look at Sgnr. Tosi's map, would you in
49 "rainforest" include not only the "tropical wet" and
50 "tropical moist" but the pre-montane and lower montane
51 "moist" "wet" and "rain"?
52 A. I would.
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54 Q. Thank you.
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56 MR. MORRIS: Actually before we leave Guanacaste and Nicoya,
57 I note around Liberia, the life zone category used by
58 Joseph Tosi is pre-montane moist forest; would you accept
59 that?
60 A. I am looking for it on the map here.
