Preferred term
vegetation layer composition
Definition
- Composition of the vegetation layer in an area. 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). The composition of vegetation layer can be generic (e.g. the presence and name of different layers) or specific (e.g. the species composition of a layer down to the taxonomical definitions
Broader concept
Entry terms
- layer composition of vegetation
Note
- [source of definition ] Hend + Expert" , "[controlled by ] Giorgio Matteucci , 23/05/2013
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/22307
