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NSF Workshop on Canopy Structure Data - Eight Classes of Canopy Research

  CEG
MRE
TYP
VOD
C3D
 OCT
NOS
COL
Complex Environmental Gradient CEG
  yes
yes
no
yes
?
no
?
Medium of Radiation/Material Exchange MRE     yes ?
yes
yes
?
?
Mosiac of Climate Structure TYP
      yes
yes
no
?
?
Reticulum of Voids VOD
        yes
no
?
?
Continuous medium C3D
          no
?
?
Topographic Surface OCT
             no no
Network of Surfaces NOS
               ?
 Communities of Leaves COL              

 

Jess Parker's fundamentally different ways of thinking about structure. April 26, 2002 Comparative Canopy Research Workshop TESC

1. Complex Environmental Gradient (CEG) (light; wet, hot/cold)                     
2. Medium of Radiation/Material. Exchange (MRE)                             
3. Mosaic of Climate Structure (TYP)                                 
4. Reticulum of Voids (VOD)- spaces interconnected (tunnels- cave systems)             
5. Continuous medium in 3d (C3D)                                 
6. Topographic surface xyz (OCT)                                 
7. Network of Surfaces (NOS) (dendrite structure location xyz connectivity)     Network of Surfaces (NOS) (dendrite structure location xyz connectivity)
8. Community of Leaves (COL) (surfaces affected by processes at locations                 

If we figure out how these different structures are related, it will be easier to make connection. THis led to our subsequent work on conceptual structures.