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Preferred term

vegetation layer type

Definition

  • Type of the different vegetation layers present in a habitat. 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). 

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • layer type of vegetation

Note

  • [controlled by ] Giorgio Matteucci , 23/05/2013" , "[source of definition ] Hend + Expert

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/22308

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