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Preferred term

treeline

Definition

The limit beyond which trees cannot or do not occur, commonly at high elevation or geographical latitude but sometimes also because of aridity, flooding, or air pollution

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_600

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 6/18/18

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