Inside a Cloud Forest (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

Inside a Cloud Forest

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A sinuous ficus tree strangles its host in the Monte Verde cloud forest in Costa Rica. A new study by University at Buffalo and Yale University researchers finds that satellite observations of cloud cover can be used to map the boundaries of ecosystems such as cloud forests which teem with unique forms of life.

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Credit: Adam Wilson

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