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Preferred term

canopy gap area

Definition

  • a space within and/or beneath the canopy not occupied by any physical structure

Broader concept

Note

  • [source of definition ] http://biology.duke.edu/bio265/msw10/gaps1.html" , "[controlled by ] Leca Stefan 14.06.2013

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/22077

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