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  1. Canopy (biology) In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns. [1] [2] [3] 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.). [4]

  2. However, until recently, the free space of forests has been virtually ignored quantitatively. In fact, Moffett (2001) implored canopy scientists to put the “canopy into canopy biology” by measuring space. Canopy space has been an implicit or explicit component of canopy studies for half a century or more.

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  4. Jul 5, 2023 · Nalini Nadkarni, a professor of biology at the University of Utah (United States), describes a treetop world teeming with a tremendous variety of plants and animals. Nalini Nadkarni on a branch 35 metres above the ground, near the top of a strangler fig in Costa Rica’s Monteverde forest. You have spent four decades studying the forest canopy.

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    A canopy or forest canopy is part of a tree, forest, group of trees, or group of other tall plants. It is where the leaves spread out like a roof or umbrella.[1] For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Canopy (biology) .

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