Preferred term
vegetation layer type
Definition
- Type of the different vegetation layers present in a habitat. The vegetation layers is the plant cover of an area. There could be different vegetation layers in an ecosystem (e.g. moss-, herb-, understory-, tree-layer).
Broader concept
Entry terms
- layer type of vegetation
Note
- [controlled by ] Giorgio Matteucci , 23/05/2013" , "[source of definition ] Hend + Expert
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/22308
