2.2 Field site
The field survey consisted of several activities. First, we established
the vertical sampling system in April 2002 via a 200 m long application
of “canopy trekking” to access the forest trees to secure a horizontal
traverse line (Dial et al. 2004a). Once the 130 m traverse line was
secured near the top of the three tallest trees, each > 65
m above ground level, we suspended seven vertical transects (Fig. 2). We
used these vertical transects to sample the canopy interior
systematically from 1 m above ground to the traverse line 55-65 m above
ground. Finally, we collected instantaneous measures of
photosynthetically active radiation with a handheld meter, temperature
and humidity with suspended data logging sensors, and fogging samples in
May 2002 (Dial et al. 2006).