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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

BCI plot census 2015 Big tree_Mattson.jpg

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Measuring the largest rainforest trees requires carrying a ladder out into the jungle, often to hard-to-access sites. Long term forest monitoring plots such as the Smithsonian's ForestGEO network use standard techniques to measure giant trees. However, in remote areas, researchers may decide to leave the biggest trees out of their studies, because it is too time-consuming to measure them.

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Sean Mattson, STRI

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