How to pack tropical trees

Jorge Aleman / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
January 7, 2016
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When a giant tree falls in a tropical forest, the other trees compete to fill the space. Researchers found that trees seek light and grow to fill gaps in predictable ways that help simplify the mathematical models they use to predict forest growth and carbon storage.

Photo by Jorge Aleman /Smithsonian Tropical research Institute