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Preferred term

coarse woody debris biomass

Definition

  • Coarse woody debris (CWD) is dead woody material, in various stages of decomposition, located above the soil, larger than 7.5 cm in diameter (or equivalent cross-section) at the crossing point, which is not self-supporting. Trees and stumps (intact in ground) are considered self-supporting.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • biomass of coarse woody debris

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Contributor

  • nsb@ceh.ac.uk@ceh.ac.uk

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Chinese

  • 粗木質殘體

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20926

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