Canopy Height and Elevation of a Neotropical Rain Forest

Woody Plants

Community

Regional

Observational

Taxonomic Group	Woody Plants
Level of Organization	Community
Scale	Regional
Data Type	Observational

Using airborne remote sensing, this dataset characterizes the canopy height of a tropical rain forest landscape.

Dataset Location: Ecological Archives

Site Location: Tropical Wet Forest,, Atlantic lowlands, Costa Rica; Includes La Selva Biological Station and Braulio Carrillo National Park

Sites Georeffereneced: Yes

Sampling Period: 13-14 March 2006

Methods: LiDar was used to acquire > 100,000,000 records from 128 km² to acquire canopy height and elevation. These measurements were ground truthed with field sites.

Data Collected: Location, elevation, ground/vegetation, LiDAR Data

Citation: James R. Kellner, David B. Clark, and Michelle A. Hofton. 2009. Canopy height and ground elevation in a mixed-land-use lowland Neotropical rain forest landscape. Ecology 90:3274.

Available on EcoData Retiever: No

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