The sunlight is converted to energy  by plants through the process of photosynthesis. Since there is a  lot of sunlight, there is a lot of energy in the rainforest. This  energy is stored in plant vegetation, which is eaten by animals. The abundance of energy supports an abundance of plant and animal  species.he sunlight is converted to energy  by plants through the process of photosynthesis. Since there is a  lot of sunlight, there is a lot of energy in the rainforest. This  energy is stored in plant vegetation, which is eaten by animals.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Slavs. an important branch of the Aryan race-stock, comprising a number of European peoples chiefly in East Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Servians, Bohemians, Poles, Croatians, Moravians, Silesians, Pomeranians, &c.
Sources on the history of the ancient Slavs, the ancestors of the modern Slavic peoples, include archaeological and linguistic data, the writings of such Greco-Roman and Byzantine historians as Pliny the Elder, Tacitus, Ptolemy, Jordanes, and Pro-copius of Caesarea, and early medieval chronicles.ources on the history of the ancient Slavs, the ancestors of the modern Slavic peoples, include archaeological and linguistic data, the writings of such Greco-Roman and Byzantine historians as Pliny the Elder, Tacitus, Ptolemy, Jordanes, and Pro-copius of Caesarea, and early medieval chronicles.