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Preferred term

tundra

Is replaced by

tundra

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

deprecated 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

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

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