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In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns. In forest ecology, canopy refers to the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms (epiphytes, lianas, arboreal animals, etc.).
Margaret D. Lowman. Margaret D. Lowman, Ph.D. a.k.a. Canopy Meg (born December 23, 1953) is an American biologist, educator, ecologist, writer, explorer, and public speaker. Her expertise involves canopy ecology, [1] canopy plant-insect relationships, and constructing canopy walkways . Nicknamed the "real-life Lorax" [2] and "Einstein of the ...
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Nalini Nadkarni. Nalini Nadkarni (1954) is an American forest ecologist who pioneered the study of Costa Rican rain forest canopies. Using mountain climbing equipment to make her ascent, Nadkarni first took an inventory of the canopy in 1981, followed by two more inventories in 1984. [1] She is also known with a characteristic nickname, «the ...
Crown shyness. Crown shyness (also canopy disengagement, [1] canopy shyness, [2] or inter-crown spacing [3]) is a feature observed in some tree species, in which the crowns of fully stocked trees do not touch each other, instead forming a canopy with channel-like gaps. [4] [5] This is most prevalent among trees of the same species, but also ...
Definition. Forest dieback refers to the phenomenon of a stand of trees losing health and dying without an obvious cause. This condition is also known as forest decline, forest damage, canopy level dieback, and stand level dieback. [6] This usually affects individual species of trees, but can also affect multiple species.
Definition. For much of the early development of canopy biology, the nature and limits of forest canopies have been poorly defined. In a functional sense, the forest canopy includes all aboveground plant structures and the interstitial spaces between them, which collectively form the interface between the soil and the atmosphere.
Mar 28, 2023 · WHEN Nalini Nadkarni first ventured into the canopy of a cloud forest, almost nothing was known about this unique ecosystem. To explore it, she and a small group of pioneers had to develop special ...
