Forest Fragmentation Is Changing The Shape Of Amazonian Trees, Finds Study [remotesensing]
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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-forest-fragmentation-amazonian-trees.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44004-5 <-- shared paper
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#CentralAmazonia
![graphic - cross section - Point cloud of trees growing in fragmented forests in Central Amazonia, obtained using high-resolution terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) - The quantification of architectural attributes of tropical trees is challenging and has been largely overlooked. TLS offers new perspectives into the three-dimensional (3D) structure of trees, including descriptions of fine-scale architectural traits such as tree asymmetry and vertical distribution of branches. Here, [they] investigate how the architecture of surviving and young colonising trees change with proximity to forest edges. [They] used TLS data that resulted in a point spacing of 1.4 cm at a 20 m distance from the scanner.](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/111/610/451/828/388/410/original/fbfd8ef0fea273c1.jpg)
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