{"id":20874,"date":"2017-09-04T14:55:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T19:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=20874"},"modified":"2017-09-04T14:55:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T19:55:57","slug":"panama-study-tallest-tropical-trees-died-mostly-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/panama-study-tallest-tropical-trees-died-mostly-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama Study: Tallest Tropical Trees Died Mostly from Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tall-trees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20875\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tall-trees.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tall-trees.jpg 800w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tall-trees-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tall-trees-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"mm-page mm-slideout\">\n<div class=\"js-pushed-container wrap wrap--main\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content-well\">\n<section class=\"prose\">Steve Yanoviak remembers walking through a forest in Panama in 1996 as a storm was brewing. He watched as lightning hit a tree just 10 meters away. That brush with death didn\u2019t deter the University of Louisville (Ky.) ecologist, however. He has returned to Panama for the past 25 years to study ants, spiders, and, yes, lightning.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/biology\/faculty-information\/yanoviak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yanoviak<\/a> and his colleagues have shown that lightning strikes on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal disproportionately hit the tallest trees. Lightning sends electrical current spreading among tree crowns, affecting as many as 32 trees at once. The researchers also found that lightning was responsible for most deaths of the tallest tropical trees, some believed to be up to 500 years old.<\/p>\n<p>This top-heavy tree mortality has likely had a significant effect on the island\u2019s forest ecosystem, said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stri.si.edu\/english\/scientific_staff\/staff_scientist\/scientist.php?id=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">S. Joseph Wright<\/a>, an ecologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama who was not involved in the research. \u201cThese forest giants, with trunk diameters larger than 60 centimeters and heights taller than 35 meters, are responsible for most of the seeds produced by their species populations each year,\u201d he noted. \u201cTheir deaths by lightning have disproportionate effects on population and community dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lightning affects ecosystems in many ways, direct and indirect. In addition to electrocuting trees, lightning strikes ignite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov\/fire.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tens of thousands of wildland fires per year<\/a> globally. Lightning also changes Earth\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/articles\/new-way-to-gauge-lightnings-role-in-ozone-formation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">atmospheric chemistry<\/a> and can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2017\/07\/lightning-can-beat-rocks-asteroid-strike-casting-doubt-past-impacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alter the composition of rocks<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a unique and concentrated disturbance,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/evanmgora.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Gora<\/a>, an ecologist at the University of Louisville and a member of Yanoviak\u2019s team.<br \/>\n\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f16536-o1\" lang=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"16536\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20874#wpcf7-f16536-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"16536\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.6\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f16536-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><B><I>Sign Up for our Newsletter:<\/i><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your Name (required)\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your Email (required)\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\" \/>\n<\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Steve Yanoviak remembers walking through a forest in Panama in 1996 as a storm was brewing. 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