The Clarks' hypothesis, if correct, means tropical forests would shrink over time.

如果克拉克的假设是正确的，这就意味着热带森林会随着时间的推移而缩小。

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Logging in tropical forests is selective but the timber cutters usually prioritise the biggest and oldest trees.

砍伐热带森林是有选择性的，但伐木工人通常优先砍伐最大最古老的树木。

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Safou is an evergreen tree found in the humid tropical forests of Africa, as far south as Angola, and as far north as Nigeria.

萨福（Safou）是一种常绿树，在非洲潮湿的热带森林中发现，南至安哥拉，北至尼日利亚。

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Deforestation is mainly caused by the cutting down of tropical forests to provide land for agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

Most come from the treetops in wet tropical forests in Central and South America.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

He found that mangroves store about three to four times more carbon per hectare as temperate forests or even tropical rainforests.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

Nor, if Dr Wolfe can raise the money, will the project be confined to tropical forests.

ECONOMIST: The American Association for the Advancement of Science

Slender lorises are small, nocturnal primates found only in the tropical forests of southern India and Sri Lanka.

BBC: 'Extinct' primate, slender loris, pictured in Sri Lanka

Think of multinational corporations clear-cutting tropical forests, home-grown movies being squeezed out by Hollywood blockbusters, and the Asian Financial Crisis.

CNN: Toward One World