EnvThes
deprecated concept
vegetation layer structure
Structure of the vegetation layer in an area. The vegetation layers is the plant cover of an area. There could be different vegetation layers in an ecosystem (e.g. moss-, herb-, understory-, tree-layer). The structure of a vegetation layer may include the number and type of layers (e.g. herb-, understory-, tree-layer), their features such as height, coverage, percent over the whole layer.
[controlled by ] Giorgio Matteucci , 23/05/2013" , "[source of definition ] Hend + Expert