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tropical forest  

Definition

  • [GEMET] A vegetation class consisting of tall, close-growing trees, their columnar trunks more or less unbranched in the lower two-thirds, and forming a spreading and frequently flat crown; occurs in areas of high temperature and high rainfall.

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Scope note

  • tropical forest

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21850

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