Canopy Operation Permanent Access System: a novel tool for working in the canopy of tropical forests: history, development, technology and perspectives

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 791-812

  Gottsberger, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; Canopy access; French Guiana; Prototype development

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMAZON FORESTS; CANOPY ACCESS; FRENCH GUIANA; LONG-TERM PROJECTS; NOCV1; ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION; PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST CANOPY; PLANTS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 85009882087     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-016-1515-1     Document Type: Review

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