Preferred term
tundra
Is replaced by
Definition
- [Henderson's] n. treeless Polar region with perman­ently frozen subsoil, bare of vegetation or may support mosses, lichens, herbaceous plants and dwarf shrubs.
Broader concept
Note
- [controlled by ] Leca Stefan 14.06.2013
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabularybr /ILTER BIOME
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
French
- toundra
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_605
