image: Seven forest canopy traits mapped throughout the Peruvian Andes-to-Amazon region using airborne laser-guided imaging spectroscopy and modeling. The graph indicates the attribution of environmental factors and the total variance explained for each canopy trait mapped with airborne imaging spectroscopy. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 27, 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by G.P. Asner at Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, CA, and colleagues was titled, 'Airborne laser-guided imaging spectroscopy to map forest trait diversity and guide conservation.' view more
Credit: Greg Asner, Carnegie Institution for Science