Forest Canopy Walkway The feasibility of building a walkway on campus at Evergreen State College, Washington. http://academic.evergreen.edu/n/nadkarnn/walkway/walkway.htm
Extractions: The Evergreen Canopy Walkway Project The Evergreen State College is exploring the feasibility of building a forest canopy walkway on its campus. Envisioned as a universally-accessible system of canopy-level walkways linking existing campus structures with an arboreal seminar pod, The Evergreen Canopy Walkway will provide unique opportunities to view and understand the forest from root system to tree top. Introduction Education Research Conservation ... Participants List As we move into a new millennium, perceptions are changing and expanding our understanding of the complex world of forest ecosystems. Scientists and researchers the world over are now realizing the critical role played by forests, and especially forest canopies, in maintaining the diversity, resilience, and functioning of the ecosystems they inhabit. In addition to providing habitat for birds, mammals and invertebrates, forests: Contribute over 50% of the biodiversity found in certain ecosystems Greatly enhance the capture and retention of nutrients from the atmosphere Strongly modify the climate and environment through diversion of wind currents, filtering of light, and conversion of gases
Canopy - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Canopy may refer to Aircraft canopy, transparent enclosure over aircraft cockpit; Bubble canopy, type of aircraft canopy; Baldachin, cloth or permanent architectural feature that hangs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopy
Zip-line Canopy Exploration Ecotour information and photographs. Peru. http://www.perujungle.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid
Australian Canopy Crane Research Station Research portfolio and brochure PDF, application to use the crane, and a virtual tour including construction of the crane, flora and fauna, views, and researchers. Cape Tribulation, Queensland. http://www.jcu.edu.au/canopycrane/
WELCOME TO THE ORIGINAL CANOPY TOUR Offers tours in Costa Rica's rainforest with a mixture of ecology and adventure tourism. Includes photos, packages, rates, and related links. http://canopytour.com/
Facilities :: Canopy Crane Access System Information about the systems at Metropolitan Nature Park of Panama City and at Fort Sherman on Panama s Atlantic coast, including specifications, regulations, and fees. http://www.stri.org/english/research/facilities/terrestrial/cranes/index.php
The Swiss Canopy Crane Project (SCC) Overview, photographs, and contact information. Near Basel, Switzerland. http://pages.unibas.ch/botschoen/scc/index.shtml
Extractions: see Pepin and Koerner 2002 ). Tree genera include: Fagus, Quercus, Carpinus, Acer, Tilia, Prunus, Abies, Picea, Pinus, Larix The forest has an age of 100 years and dominant trees vary between 32 m and 36 m in height. Except for Larix and Picea (which were introduced from slightly higher elevations) all species occur naturally. With the broad leaved evergreen Ilex aquifolium and Hedera helix in the understory the spectrum is ideal for a an assessment of functional aspects of forest biodiversity. After 4 years, we found an immediate and sustained enhancement of carbon flux, but there was no overall stimulation in stem growth and leaf litter production ( Koerner et al. 2005 We cooperate with partners from other Swiss institutions (WSL, PSI and others) and colleagues from Germany and Austria. Internationally this project lines up with currently operative crane projects in Panama, Venezuela, Oregon, NE-Australia, and Japan, providing a global network which also includes animal sciences. With its sole emphasis on experimental and analytical work in the top of a mature forest, this is the first crane project in Europe, and one out of three globally in a temperate deciduous/mixed forest (the others are in Japan and in Germany). The SCC project first of all seeks to contribute to biodiversity research in forests.
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Bespolka - Africa 2000-01 (Ghana - 1/12/00) Travel report and photographs of the canopy walkway at Kakum National Park. http://www.bespolka.com/bespolka web site/Africa Trip 00-01/Ghana/Ghana 2000-12-
Extractions: Bespolka Home Page Ghana 2000 Home Africa 2000/01 Home Previous Day ... Next Day The Travel Journal of Jacqui and Lars Ghana - 1 December, 2000 Location Latitude Longitude Elevation Travel Distance Start Kakum National Park 77 m Finish Kumasi (Presbyterian Church of Ghana) 331 m 227 km Total: 12,523 km Weather: Mostly clear, sunny and very hot. Warm in the evening and night. Daily Journal Entry: Today we are up early at 5:30 AM for our walking tour of Kakum National Park. After packing up our stuff, we head back to the truck to meet our guide. Kakum National Park is a 357 km² park that protects the rainforest, only 14 km² of which is virgin. There was selective logging in the area until it was protected (and even afterwards). What makes the park unique is it's 350 meter cable and rope canopy walkway, which has a number of platforms where you van view the rainforest from at different levels. It is, apparently, the only one in Africa and one of four in the world (one of the other four is in Malaysia). We went early to see if we could see any of the animals (they are not very active during the day). We took about one hour to cross over the whole canopy walkway, stopping at each of the platforms to look around and search for wildlife. We did not see any animals, but there were lots of birds.
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Research and public access. Information, photograph, and map. Florida. http://www.selby.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=cano_myakkawalk&category=Researc
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Article by Margaret Lowman and Bart Bouricius detailing site considerations, costs, and building materials. http://www.selby.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=cano_articlemeg&category=Researc
Extractions: Forests are like gigantic stands of lollipops. Since plant sugars are manufactured high overhead, organisms that depend on those sugars, such as insects and birds, are also far from the ground. Until recently, we did not know much about life in the treetops of the world's forest because their canopies were difficult to reach. Now scientists can climb safely into the "high frontier" to discover some of its wonders.The Myakka Canopy Walkway provides easy access to observe life in the treetops of an oak/palm hammock. As an outdoor laboratory for research and education, it is a place for discovery and opportunity for visitors to Myakka to see its canopy inhabitants up close. Find out how you can have your inscription put on a Myakka Canopy Walkway plank: Click for info The walkway is suspended 25 feet above the ground and extends 85 feet through the hammock canopy. A tower soars 74 feet in the air to present a spectacular view of treetops, wetlands, and the prairie/hammock interface. Visitors can look down on eagles, hawks, vultures, and other birds in flight. The walkway proved its practical value with a shocking discovery a few months after it opened. An exotic weevil from Central America (Metamasius callizona), accidentally released in Ft. Lauderdale about 1990, had arrived in southwestern Florida. Wherever the weevil invades, it decimates bromeliads. Myakka is providing valuable information that may, one day, stop the weevil.
Team Infinity - 8-Way Speed CReW Team Canopy formation 8 way speed team. Member profiles, training, tryouts, pictures and events. http://www.teaminfinitycrw.com/
Extractions: Infinity Team Infinity - Canopy Formation 8-way Speed Team Team Infinity takes time out from competition. Team Infinity has decided to regroup after the 2000 Nationals. Several team members are needing a break in training. New information will be posted here as it becomes available. Team Infinity takes the Silver Medal in the 8-way Speed event at the 2000 U.S. Nationals of Canopy Formation. Team Infinity beats out 4 other teams to take 2nd place at the 2000 U.S. Nationals at Perris Valley, California. Team Infinity takes the Bronze Medal in the Canopy Formation 8-way Speed event at the World Championships in Finland! Team Infinity (8-way speed) joined Team Talon (4-way sequential) and the Wild Humans (4-way rotations) to create the US Parachute Team to compete at the 8th World Championship of Canopy Formation at Imatra, Finland. Team Infinity took the bronze medal in their event, Team Talon took the silver medal in their event, and the Wild Humans came in at 4th place in their event. New US Team T-Shirts are now available! Team Infinity now has the official US Team 2000 T-Shirts for sale. This is a major fund raiser for us. Please help to support our efforts this year by clicking on the "T-Shirt Sales" button at the left for more information on how to buy yours.
WELCOME TO THE ORIGINAL CANOPY TOUR Offers tours in Costa Rica s rainforest with a mixture of ecology and adventure tourism. Includes photos, packages, rates, and related links. http://www.canopytour.com
Rainforest Canopy—Introduction Overview, history of access methods, photographs, trees, ephiphytes, vines and lianas, and animals. http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0401.htm
Extractions: The overstory is characterized by scattered emergent trees that tower above the rest of the canopy, the tops of some species exceeding 210 feet (65 m). Below the overstory trees, the canopy stretches for vast distances, seemingly unbroken when observed from an airplane. However, despite overlapping tree branches, canopy trees rarely interlock or even touch. Instead they are separated from one another by a few feet. Why the branches of these trees do not touch is still a mystery, but it is thought that it might serve as protection from infestations from tree-eating caterpillars and tree diseases like leaf blight. To survive, canopy dwellers must have the ability to negotiate these gaps by climbing, leaping, gliding, or flying.
