The team cautiously approached a more sunlit area, where the canopy cover was open.
Rainforests are areas where the canopy cover is high, greater than 70%.
They are normally found in forests with high leaf litter and canopy cover.
The amount of herbaceous vegetation is related to canopy cover.
In addition, 75% of roost stands had more than 60% canopy cover.
It was only another five meters to a narrow break in the canopy cover.
As suggested earlier, the most effective way to lower temperatures is with an increased canopy cover.
Additionally, canopy cover over streams increased significantly, from only 5% to a range of 14-73%.
The habitat consists of open areas in wet forests with a canopy cover.
Buffalo's suburbs, also hard hit by the storm, do have a canopy cover approaching 20 to 30%.