Directory of Canopy Research Resources

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The study of the interrelationships among living things and their environment in the upper strata of forests.

Subcategories

• Canopy Access
• Researchers

Resources in This Category

• Center for Canopy Ecology

  http://www.selby.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=CenterforCanopyEcology
  Focuses on research and education involving tropical rain forest canopies. News and conferences, articles and publications with online ordering, projects, history including conference abstracts, list of locations with canopy access, and resources.

• Environment: Conservation from the Treetops: The Emerging Science of Canopy Ecology

  http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/rinker.html
  Article by H. Bruce Rinker explaining why the research is important, findings, and a list of forest canopy walkways and platforms.

• Formal Ontologies, Specifications and Logics in Canopy Research

  http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.56.5283
  Abstract and full document by Bohdan Durnota.

• Global Canopy Programme

  http://www.globalcanopy.org/
  International study of canopies. News, research objectives, statement of principles, canopy research sites, message forum, and links.

• RainforestEducation.com: Rainforest Trees and the Canopy

  http://www.rainforesteducation.com/life/canopy1.htm
  Introduction to the rainforest canopy, including plants and animals, with photographs.

• Smithsonian Magazine: Uncovering the Secrets of Forest Canopies

  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mall_jul99.html
  Methods used by scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to study the forest canopy.

• Tropical Rainforests: The Canopy

  http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0401.htm
  Overview, history of access methods, photographs, trees, ephiphytes, vines and lianas, and animals.

 

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