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deprecated concept > biotic diversity within habitat structure

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biotic diversity within habitat structure  

Definition

  • Structure of the habitat where an organism is living. It may include the number and type of layers (e.g. herb-, understory-, tree-layer), their features such as height, coverage, percent over the whole habitat. A habitat is the environment within which an organism is normally found. A habitat is characterized by the physical characteristics of the environment and/or the dominant vegetation or other stable biotic characteristics.

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Note

  • [controlled by ] Giorgio Matteucci, 23/05/2013" , "[source of definition ] Expert (first part) + Hend for habitat definition

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/EnvEU_224

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