The study of the interrelationships among living things and their environment in the upper strata of forests.
Subcategories 2
Sites 7
- Global Canopy Programme International study of canopies. News, research objectives, statement of principles, canopy research sites, message forum, and links.
- Environment: Conservation from the Treetops: The Emerging Science of Canopy Ecology Article by H. Bruce Rinker explaining why the research is important, findings, and a list of forest canopy walkways and platforms.
- RainforestEducation.com: Rainforest Trees and the Canopy Introduction to the rainforest canopy, including plants and animals, with photographs.
- Center for Canopy Ecology 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.
- Tropical Rainforests: The Canopy Overview, history of access methods, photographs, trees, ephiphytes, vines and lianas, and animals.
- Smithsonian Magazine: Uncovering the Secrets of Forest Canopies Methods used by scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to study the forest canopy.
- Formal Ontologies, Specifications and Logics in Canopy Research Abstract and full document by Bohdan Durnota.