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Preferred term

tropical forest

Definition

[GEMET] A vegetation class consisting of tall, close-growing trees, their columnar trunks more or less unbranched in the lower two-thirds, and forming a spreading and frequently flat crown; occurs in areas of high temperature and high rainfall.

Broader concept

forest

Scope note

tropical forest

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21850

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Created 10/12/16, last modified 1/13/23

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