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Thomas E. Lovejoy, George Mason University and The Heinz Center
M. Soubadra Devy, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
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Methods in Forest Canopy Research
Margaret D. Lowman, Timothy D. Schowalter, and Jerry F. Franklin
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Poised between soil and sky, forest canopies represent a critical point of exchange between the atmosphere and the earth, yet until recently, they remained a largely unexplored frontier. For a long time, problems with access and the lack of tools and methods suitable for monitoring these complex bioscapes made canopy analysis extremely difficult. Fortunately, canopy research has advanced dramatically in recent decades. Methods in Forest Canopy Research is a comprehensive overview of these developments for explorers of this astonishing environment. The authors describe methods for reaching the canopy and the best ways to measure how the canopy, atmosphere, and forest floor interact. They address how to replicate experiments in challenging environments and lay the groundwork for creating standardized measurements in the canopy—essential tools for for understanding our changing world.
Margaret D. Lowman is Director of Global Initiatives, Lindsay Chair of Botany & Senior Scientist in Plant Conservation at the California Academy of Sciences . Timothy Schowalter is Professor and Department Head in the Department of Entomology at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. Jerry F. Franklin is Professor of Ecosystem Analysis in the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington.
240 pages 7 x 10 30 color illus. 25 b/w photos 6 line illus. 8 tables
978-0-520-27371-9 $60.00 cloth
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