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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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Luis Aguilar measures tree diameter. More than 200,000 trees are measured every five years in a primary forest in the Smithsonian's ForestGEO network plot on Barro Colorado Island in Panama.

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Sean Mattson, STRI

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