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Science 11 July 2003:
Vol. 301. no. 5630, pp. 183 - 186
DOI: 10.1126/science.1084507
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Biodiversity Meets the Atmosphere: A Global View of Forest Canopies

C. M. P. Ozanne,1* D. Anhuf,2 S. L. Boulter,3 M. Keller,4 R. L. Kitching,3 C. Körner,5 F. C. Meinzer,6 A. W. Mitchell,7 T. Nakashizuka,8 P. L. Silva Dias,9 N. E. Stork,10 S. J. Wright,11 M. Yoshimura8

The forest canopy is the functional interface between 90% of Earth's terrestrial biomass and the atmosphere. Multidisciplinary research in the canopy has expanded concepts of global species richness, physiological processes, and the provision of ecosystem services. Trees respond in a species-specific manner to elevated carbon dioxide levels, while climate change threatens plant-animal interactions in the canopy and will likely alter the production of biogenic aerosols that affect cloud formation and atmospheric chemistry.

1 Centre for Research in Ecology and Environment, School of Life and Sport Sciences, University of Surrey Roehampton, West Hill, London SW15 3SN, UK. 2 Instituto de Estudos Avancados da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, Travessa J, 374, 05508-900 São Paulo, Brazil. 3 Environmental Sciences and Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia. 4 International Institute of Tropical Forestry, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926, USA. 5 Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Schoenbeinstrasse 6, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland. 6 U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 Southwest Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331–4401, USA. 7 Global Canopy Programme, Halifax House, University of Oxford, 6-8 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UB, UK. 8 Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 335 Takashima-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0878, Japan and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan. 9 Instituto de Astronômia e Geofísica da Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, 05508-900 São Paulo, Brazil. 10 Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre, James Cook University, McGregor Road, Post Office Box 6811, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia. 11 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 2072, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: c.ozanne{at}roehampton.ac.uk

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