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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

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