The Canopy THE CANOPY An estimated 70-90% of life in the rainforest exists in the trees, above the shaded forest floor. Primary tropical rainforest is vertically divided into at least five layers: the overstory , the canopy, the understory, the shrub layer, and the forest floor. Each layer has its own unique plant and animal species interacting with the ecosystem around them. The overstory ...

Global Canopy Programme - An international, integrated, coordinated study of canopies across major environmental and management gradients to investigate the role of forest canopies in maintaining global biodiversity, global environmental conditions, and the sustainability of forests.

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This introduces the rainforest canopy with photos and text.

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Canopy-climbing students learn neotropical biology from the top down at Cornell FOR RELEASE: April 5, 1996 Contact: Roger Segelken Office: (607) 255-9736 E-mail: hrs2@cornell.edu ITHACA, N.Y. -- The ascent offered everything Cornell's climbing wall lacks: red-eyed tree frogs and in-your-face howler monkeys, monster-movie spiders and cartoon-colored toucans, pink bromeliads filled with water and ...

Scientists at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture believe they have discovered a way to make forest light measurements more accurate. Their research will assist foresters in selecting the right trees to plant, and protecting the environment. ...