What is Canopy (biology)?
[[File:Havelock Island, Canopy of tropical moist evergreen forest, Andaman Islands.jpg|thumb|right|A forest canopy.]] A '''canopy''' or '''forest canopy''' is part of a tree, forest, group of trees, or group of other tall plants. It is where the leaves spread out like a roof or umbrella.<ref name=SD>{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/forest-canopy|accessdate=December 27, 2021|publisher=Science Direct|title=Forest Canopy}}</ref> The canopy is where the most sunlight touches the plants, so it is where the most energy enters living things.<ref name=SR>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128096338021865|title=Patterns of Biodiversity Change in Anthropogenically Altered Forests|journal=Reference Module in Life Sciences|year=2017|author1=R. Seidler|chapter=Patterns of Biodiversity Change in Anthropogenically Altered Forests☆|doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.02186-5|isbn=9780128096338}}</ref><!--It's not visible in the abstract here, but it is visible in the Science Direct source.--> It is also where the most [[gas exchange]] happens, where oxygen and carbon dioxide and water vapor go in and out of the leaves.<ref name=Canopy>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124575530500058|accessdate=December 27, 2021|chapter=CHAPTER 1 - The Nature of Forest Canopies|title=Forest Canopies|edition=2|journal=Physiological Ecology|pages=3–23|year=2004|author1=Nalini M. Nadkarni|author2=Geoffrey G.Parker|author3=H. Bruce Rinker |author4=David M. Jarzen|doi=10.1016/B978-012457553-0/50005-8|isbn=9780124575530}}</ref> Many animals live in the canopy. == References == {{Reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Trees]] [[Category:Habitats]]