Image #BRR-2: Measuring the dbh [diameter at breast height]
of a Prioria copaifera tree (Fabaceae)
at the Barro Colorado tropical forest site, Panama.
(Zenith Batista and Eduardo Sierra, field supervisors and
botanists, are taking the measurements, while Robin Foster [right] is looking
through binoculars at the leaves to identify the species.
The tree in the background is a Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae),
one of the largest individuals in the experimental plot.
Photograph taken 1990).
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