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Preferred term

deadwood position

Is replaced by

deadwood position

Definition

Position of deadwood in forest, in terms of location (mapping). Deadwood is made up by dead branches, dead stems, stump remnants or dead trees (complete). The volume or biomass of deadwood in a forest is taken as an estimate of the suitability of that forest to host hifgher biodiversity of saproxilic fauna (fauna that lives on dead matter)

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Note

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

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/EnvEU_235

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/21/22

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