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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. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In forest ecology , the canopy is the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms ( epiphytes , lianas , arboreal animals , etc..). [ 4 ]
Canopy (biology), aboveground portion of plant community or crop (including forests) Canopy (grape), aboveground portion of grapes; Religion and ceremonies.
Canopy research is a relatively new scientific field which was hampered for a long time by lack of means of access to the tree canopies and lack of appropriate means of housing researchers. Climbing gear, tree houses , canopy walkways , cranes , airships and inflatable platforms resting on the treetops have lately overcome these barriers.
Forest with canopy, shrub and herb layers of vegetation. The following layers are generally distinguished: forest floor (root and moss layers), herb, shrub, understory and canopy layers. These vegetation layers are primarily determined by the height of their individual plants, the different elements may however have a range of heights.
A plant community canopy consists of one or more plant crowns growing in a given area. The crown of a woody plant (tree, shrub, liana) is the branches, leaves, and reproductive structures extending from the trunk or main stems. Shapes of crowns are highly variable.
Definition of canopy and forest floor interception. Intercepted snowfall does not result in any notable amount of evaporation, and most of the snow falls off the tree by wind or melts. However, intercepted snow can more easily drift with the wind, out of the watershed. Conifers have a greater interception capacity than hardwoods.
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. Dieback is an episodic event [6] and may take on many locations and shapes. It can be along the perimeter, at specific elevations, or dispersed ...
The canopy of a tropical forest is typically about 10 m (33 ft) thick, and intercepts around 95% of the sunlight. [1] The understory therefore receives less intense light than plants in the canopy and such light as does penetrate is impoverished in wavelengths of light that are most effective for photosynthesis.