Abrupt Change in Forest Height along a Tropical Elevation Gradient Detected Using Airborne Lidar

Abrupt Change in Forest Height along a Tropical Elevation Gradient Detected Using Airborne Lidar

Most research on vegetation in mountain ranges focuses on elevation gradients as climate gradients, but elevation gradients are also the result of geological processes that build and deconstruct mountains. Recent findings from the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico, have raised questions about whether...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey Wolf, Gilles Brocard, Jane Willenbring, Stephen Porder, María Uriarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
ecology
vegetation
geology
active remote sensing
erosion
tectonics
10Be
critical zone observatory
long-term ecological research
three-dimensional structure
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/10/864

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