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cornstalks
Costa Rica
COVID-19 pandemic
Cox, Paul
Crespí, Juan
crocodiles
CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research Organization)
curare
Daily Planet
dark red meranti (Shorea curtisii)
Dartmouth College
Darwin, Charles
Dawson, Todd
day length
Debre Tabor
deforestation; in Amazon; biofuels and; “empty forests” scenario and; in Ethiopia; in rain forests
dendrochronologists
dendrometer
Devy, Soubadra
diffuse-porous species
Diptera (flies)
dipterocarps (Dipterocarpaceae); dark red meranti (Shorea curtisii)
disabilities and wheelchair use
Dorrigo National Park
Dorwarth, Pam
driving
drones and other aerial surveillance
drought
Duke University
Dutch elm disease
Earle, Sylvia A.
Earthwatch
ecosystems; Amazon figs and; biodiversity and, see biodiversity; insects in; keystone species in; soil
ecotourism
eighth continent; see also canopy
elephants
elm (Ulmus); American (U. americana); Dutch elm disease and; English (U. procera); slippery (U. rubra)
Elmira, NY; elms in; flood of 1972 and
El Niño
El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
emergents
“empty forests” scenario
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
epiphylly
epiphytes
Erwin, Terry
Eshete, Alemayehu Wassie
Ethiopia; agriculture in; Australian eucalypts introduced to; Beza and; birds in; climate change and; extent of deforestation in; forests in; hermits in; insects in; Orthodox churches in; poverty in; red stinkwood (African cherry; Prunus africana) in; tree planting in
Eucalyptus, see gum trees
Explorers Club
Farrington, Greg
Fay, Nena
Feeny, Paul
ferns
fig (Ficus); banyan; Bo tree; broom cluster; medicinal properties of; strangler; wasps and
figbirds
Fine, Paul
fires
fish; piranhas
flame trees (Brachychiton acerifolius)
flies (Diptera)
floods; of 1972
Florida
Floyd, Alex
forest canopy, see canopy
forest floor, decay on
Fossey, Dian
frass
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Fulbright
fungi; mycorrhizae
Galaxy Zoo
galls
gall wasps
Ganesh, T
genet, Abyssinian (Genetta abyssinica)
Germany
giant stinging tree (Dendrocnide excelsa); aphids and; Hoplostines viridipenis beetles and
Gibstawait
Global Gender Gap Report
glossary
grants
grasshoppers
Great Barrier Reef
great kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra); cotton from
green bean tree (Cedrelinga cateniformis)
grubs
Guardian, The
gum trees (Eucalyptus); Australian, introduced to Ethiopia; Christmas beetles and; koalas’ eating of; mother tree phenomenon and; New England peppermint (E. nova-anglica); reproduction effort after insect attack or disease; root damage to; widespread death of
Gympie-Gympie bush (Dendrocnide moroides)
Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar)
Habitat eco-park at Penang; walkway at
Habitat Foundation
hagenia (Hagenia abyssinica)
Half-Earth (Wilson)
Hallé, Francis
Hallin, W.
hamerkops (Scopus umbrette)
Heatwole, Hal
herbivores; generalist and specialist; insects as; large; see also insects
hexaploidy
Hilfiger, Tommy
Hinduism
honeybees
Honey Valley
Hooker, William Jackson
Hopkins Memorial Forest
hornbills, silvery-cheeked (Bycanistes brevis)
hot-air balloon expedition (Radeau des Cimes)
Humboldt State University
hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
Hylurgopinus
Hymenoptera
ichthyologists
Ilúvatar
iNaturalist
India; arbornauts in; Bangalore; birds in; canopy conference in; conservation in; elephants in; Hinduism in; leopards in; rhinos in; sacred forests in; tigers in; tree planting in; vedippala in; Western Ghats
indigenous livelihoods; conservation and
Indonesia
Inga
insects; in Amazon rain forest; aphids; in Australia; beetles, see beetles; birches and; citizen scientists’ work in collecting data on; climate change and; collection methods for; in ecosystems; in Ethiopia; frass of; galls and; as herbivores; and ink used to number leaves; invisibility of; leaf defense strategies against; in Malaysia; nocturnal; nonflying, on tall trees; number of; population declines in; synchronous hatching of; tropical trees’ reproduction effort after attack by
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Iquitos
Irapay palm (Lepidocaryum tessmannii)
Janzen, Dan
Janzen-Connell hypothesis
jarrah (Eucalyptus marginate)
JASON Project
Jefferson, Anne
Jimma University
jumars
juniper, sacred African (Juniperus procera)
Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR)
Kalkman, Cornelis
kangaroos
kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra); cotton from
Kaziranga National Park
Kerala
Ker Conway, Jill
Kissling, Dan
koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus); gum tree (Eucalyptus) foliage eaten by
kosso tree (Hagenia abyssinica)
Kovar, Tim
Krishna
ladybugs
Laman, Tim
Lambir Hills National Park
Lamington National Park
Langenheim, Jean
larvae; butterfly and moth, see caterpillars
Last Child in the Woods (Louv)
Leaf Lovers Club
leaves: height and changes in; insect defense strategies of; insects’ eating of; layer of life on; location’s effect on survival of; patterns of leafing; pigments in; shade; sun; surface of; tropical
leeches
leopards
Lepidocaryum tessmannii
Lepidoptera
liana (Curarea toxicofera)
LIDA (Light Detection and Ranging)
Lima
Linnaeus, Carl
lizards; shovel-tail (Tropidurus flaviceps)
logging; income from; see also deforestation
loris, Sunda slow (Nycticebus coucang)
Louv, Richard
Lovejoy, Tom
Lowell Thomas Award
Lowman, Meg: at Aberdeen University; assistant professorship application of; as Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation treasurer; Australian farm of; becomes an arbornaut; bed-and-breakfast of; birds’ egg collection of; birdwatching of; as botanical garden director; California museum position of; car accident of; childhood of; childhood kidnapping episode and; children of; college boyfriend of; divorce of; at Duke University; EPA job of; executive management course taken by; in fifth-grade science fair; first canopy research of; as Fulbright scholar; as grandmother; in high school; marriage of; mid-career trajectory of; Million Trees by the Year 2000 program of; Mission Green project of; music as passion of; at nature camp; as nature camp teacher; as Nature Research Center director; pregnancy of; as professor at New College; running of; sexism experienced by; sexual assault of; as single parent; Sydney University work of; taxidermist and; TREE Foundation of; wildflowers studied and collected by; at Williams College; as Williams College visiting professor
lumber, see timber
lyrebirds
macaques
Madagascar
Malaysia; dark red meranti in; dipterocarps in; herbivory in; tigers in; tropical forests in; walkway in
Malvaceae
Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Mann, Gustav
Max Planck Institute
Mayan mythology
medicinal plants
Melastomaceae
#MeToo movement
Mexico
Miller, Randy
“Million Trees by the Year 2000, A”
Mission Blue
Mission Green
Moffett, Mark
monkeys; macaque; vervet
moon
Mora
Morton, Duryea
mosquitos
mosses
mother tree phenomenon
moths; Gypsy; larvae of, see caterpillars
mountain gum (Eucalyptus dalrympleana)
mulberry (Moraceae)
Muul, Ilar
Myakka River State Park
mycorrhizae
NASA
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
National Audubon Society
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
National Geographic
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National University of Singapore
Native Americans
Nature
Nature Research Center
nettles
New College
New England
New England peppermint (Eucalyptus nova-anglica)
New England oak
New England stringybark (Eucalyptus caliginosa)
New South Wales
New Yorker, The
New York State Science Fair
New York Times, The
New Zealand
NGO Conservation International
Nkongmeneck, Bernard
Nobre, Antonio Donato
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Nature Research Center
North Carolina State University
Nothofagus moorei, see Antarctic beech
nutrient cycling
oak, New England
old-growth forests
One Tree Island
Opération Canopée
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi
orchids
Orthoptera
owl, powerful (Ninox strenua)
Oxandra xylopioides
Oxford University
Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve
Pacific Northwest
padymelons
paleoendemics
palm oil
Panama
parrots; yellow-fronted
Peattie, Donald Culross
Penang, Habitat eco-park at; walkway at
penetrometer
Penhale, Jilene and Jonathan
Pennsylvania State University
Pentaclethra
Perry, Don
Peru; Amazon jungles in
petioles
Petrie, J. M.
phenolics
phenology
Philippines
philodendron (Philodendron)
phloem
photoperiod
photosynthesis
phylloplane
piranhas
pistils
PLOS One
poaching
pollinators
pooters
Quechee, VT
Queensland
quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus)
Racelis, Alex
Radeau des Cimes hot-air balloon expedition
rainfall
rain forests; Amazon, see Amazon rain forest; Australian; biodiversity in; conservation of; deforestation in, see deforestation; in India; leaves in; percentage remaining; species discovery in
Raja Zarith Sofiah, Sultana of Johor
Randle, DC
Ranthambore National Park
Raven, Peter
red cedar (Toona ciliata)
red stinkwood or African cherry (Prunus africana)
redwood, coastal (Sequoia sempervirens)
religion: Ethiopian Orthodox; in India; sacred forests; science and
Replogle, John
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Réserve de Campo
rhinoceros; one-horned (Rhinoceros unicornis)
ribereños
ring-porous species
Rinker, Bruce
Road from Coorain, The (Ker Conway)
roadsides
rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)
Rocky Mountain Institute
root damage
Rosborough, Brian
Royal Statistical Society
Rwanda
Samoa
sampling; bias in; multiple samplers for; sled sweeping; subsampling
Sarasota, FL
sassafras (Doryphora sassafras)
satellites
Savai’i
Save the Redwoods League
Schultz, Jack
science; citizen scientists and, see citizen scientists; grants in; inclusivity in; information sharing in; mobility-limited students and; new tools and technologies for; religion and; snapshot research in; women in
Science
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
Scolytus
scorpion, ghost
Scotland; birches in; University of Aberdeen
SCUBA
seasonal day length
seasonal temperatures
Selby Gardens
Selman, Brian
shamans
Silent Spring (Carson)
Sillett, Steve
Singapore
Sinu, Pallaty
skywalks, see canopy walkways
slingshots
sloths
Smith College
Smithsonian Institution
snakes; anaconda; boa constrictor; cobra; fer-de-lance; Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
snapshot research
soil
South America
soy
space travel
spatial variation
species; in Amazon rain forest; BioBlitz surveys of; biodiversity and, see biodiversity; in canopy; classification of; keystone; number of; in rain forests; single, forests dominated by
Species Plantarum (Linnaeus)
spelunking
spiders; slingshot; tarantulas; whip
squirrels
stamens
starfish
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)
stinging tree: giant, see giant stinging tree; shiny-leaf
stomata
strychnos (Strychnos panurensis)
Susquehanna River Valley
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Sydney
Sydney University
Symphonia globulifera
Tallis, Heather
tall poppy syndrome
tannins
tarantulas
tardigrades
Tata Motors
TEDx Talks
temperate forests
temporal variation
Terborgh, John
terns
Tewachew, Aba
Thadiyandamol
Theophrastus
Thiruvananthapuram
Through the Year with Gertrude Grosbeak (Lowman)
Tibebu, Yeneta
tigers
timber (lumber); see also logging
Titanic
Tongariro National Park
transpiration
Tree Climbers International
tree communication
TREE Foundation
tree planting
treetops, see canopy
tree trunks; expansion and contraction of; growth and expansion of; heartwood in; reproduction effort after insect attack or disease; rings in; vascular tissue in
tropical forests; in Malaysia; mammal poaching in; see also rain forests
Trott, John
Trott, Lee
Tubman, Harriet
Tuck School of Business
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher
Underground Railroad
understory
Underwood, Tony
UNESCO: Man and the Biosphere Programme; World Heritage sites
United Nations
United States Department of Agriculture
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
University of Aberdeen
University of Idaho
University of Illinois
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of New England
University of Sydney
University of Washington
Urticaceae
US Forest Service
vascular tissue
vedippala (Cullenia exarillata)
veludo (Dialium pachyphyllum)
Vietnam War
Virola
Waitomo Caves
Walcha
walking stick
walkways, see canopy walkways
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Washington, Booker T.
wasps; figs and
water bears (tardigrades)
water transport in trees
Watkins, George
weevils
Wellcome Trust
Western Ghats
whale’s tail device
wheelchair users
Wight, Robert
wildflowers
Williams College: beetle named after; Lowman at; Lowman as visiting professor at
Wilson, E. O.
Wind River Canopy Crane
winter “hardening”
women: conservation and; #MeToo movement and; salary disparity and; salary negotiations and; in science
wood; climate change and; growth patterns of; in New England; see also timber
wood-burning stoves
World Economic Forum
World Heritage sites
World of Geology and Earth Science
xylem
Yagua Indians
Yellowstone National Park
Zimmerman, Elwood
ALSO BY MEG LOWMAN
Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology
Forest Canopies (with H. B. Rinker)
It’s a Jungle Up There: More Tales from the Treetops
(with Edward Burgess and James Burgess)
