Forest on Panama's Barro Colorado Island (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Forest on Panama's Barro Colorado Island

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The tropical lowland forest on Panama's Barro Colorado Island has been studied intensively since the 1980's and serves as a model for calculating carbon storage in tropical forests.

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Jorge Aleman, STRI

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