Open AccessPanama Study: Tallest Tropical Trees Died Mostly from Lightning
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo080999
Subject(s) - panama , lightning (connector) , geography , ecology , biology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
On Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal, scientists map lightning strikes and find that they kill mainly the loftiest trees, likely disturbing the forest ecology.