upper canopy

collocation in English

meaningsofupperandcanopy

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upper
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌp.ər/us
/ˈʌp.ɚ/
at a higher position or level than something else, or being the top part ...
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canopy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkæn.ə.pi/us
/ˈkæn.ə.pi/
a cover fixed over a seat or bed, etc. for shelter ...
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(Definition ofupperandcanopyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Six species (8%) were defined as predominantly middle touppercanopybats which represented the less diverse group.
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Trees belong to two significant canopy strata, which were found at 30-40 m (uppercanopy) and at 20-25 m (sub-canopy).
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A rain event was defined by periods of complete drying of theuppercanopyafter a period of bulk precipitation.
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Theuppercanopywas sampled from six trees only.
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Flying fruit-bats of theuppercanopyin two palaeotropical rain forests.
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Flying fruit bat faunas of theuppercanopyin two paleotropical rain forests.
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What are the growth rates of canopy tree crowns after they assume a position in theuppercanopy?
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The determinant factors in theuppercanopyare difficult to obtain by field work alone.
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Enhanced two-layer radiative transfer scheme for a land surface model with a discontinuousuppercanopy.
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This ecological niche assignment was tested in the mature stage of its life cycle after it achieves a position in theuppercanopy.
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The treecrown sites were situated within theuppercanopylayer immediately above, or very close to, the corresponding ground-stratum sample sites.
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In theuppercanopy, higher irradiance and windy conditions create a drier environment, limiting the type and amount of decomposers and, therefore, the decay rates.
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Crown development in theuppercanopyalso can serve as an important distinguishing variable.
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The access to sun leaves in theuppercanopywas provided by 4-5-m-tall bamboo towers, which could be moved within the stands to reach different trees.
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Outer canopy attenuation is the change in mean transmittance per unit height in theuppercanopy.
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Nevertheless, we cannot fully disregard the possibility that small-mammal assemblages in theuppercanopy may differ from the lower canopy and the understorey that we sampled.
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Thus, high stemflow fractions may not be exclusively associated with forest recovery but with forest stands where a large number of trees per unit area reach theuppercanopylevel.
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In fact, ground-based inventories in multistoried tropical rainforests have no direct means of determining the proportion of tagged trees having their crowns occupyinguppercanopypositions.
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