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Life in the Treetops: Challenges of a Woman Arbornaut

Life in the Treetops: Challenges of a Woman Arbornaut

Update: 2014-08-12

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Canopy access has revolutionized our knowledge of biodiversity, photosynthesis, nutrient cycling, phenology, ecophysiology, herbivory, and ecosystem services — to name just a few. In this lecture of the Edward O. Biodiversity Symposium, Meg Lowman discusses her experiences with the first long-term ecological research conducted in the tropical rain forest canopies of Australia that addressed hypotheses on insect-plant interactions using SRT (single rope techniques) and canopy walkways.

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Life in the Treetops: Challenges of a Woman Arbornaut

Life in the Treetops: Challenges of a Woman Arbornaut

Meg Lowman