SAN FRANCISCO — A new map that relies on satellite data to show the varying height of forests around the world is one step in a campaign to improve climate models by offering scientists information on ...
The air moving above the forest carries valuable information about how trees absorb carbon, and what may happen in the future as global temperatures rise Vanessa Crooks The forest breathes! There is a ...
A lush canopy is a defining feature of most of the planet’s forests. But canopy-forming species can be particularly vulnerable to disturbances and environmental change. So the question is: What is a ...
Extreme events wipe out entire forests, dramatically eliminating complex ecosystems as well as local communities. Researchers have become quite familiar with such attention-grabbing events over the ...
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LIDAR pierced Panama’s Andean Chocó canopy and exposed traces of human modification beneath dense tropical forest no one had charted
Airborne laser scanning over Panama’s dense Andean Choco forests has exposed terrain features, including ridges and modified ...
Through integration of aerial and ground-based mobile mapping sensors and systems, a team of Purdue digital forestry researchers has used advanced technology to locate, count and measure over a ...
Large-scale satellite data has shown that while large trees expand their crown during the dry season, small trees drop leaves – possibly due to limited light availability in the shaded understory. A ...
LIVING among Malaysia's forest canopies, the giant Malaysian leaf insect spends its life masquerading as a leaf. Swaying ...
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