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CODOMINANT [3 records]

Record 1 2013-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A tree whose crown helps to form the general level of the main canopy in even-aged stands or, in uneven-aged stands, the main canopy of the tree's immediate neighbours, receiving full light from above and comparatively little from the sides.

Key term(s)
  • co-dominant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Se dit d'un arbre dont le houppier, moins développé que celui d'un arbre dominant, constitue l'étage supérieur du couvert.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Silvicultura
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Record 2 2003-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Botany
DEF

Being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community ...

CONT

A forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.

Key term(s)
  • co-dominant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Botanique
DEF

Se dit des espèces qui, au sein d'une phytocénose, ont sensiblement la même abondance.

Key term(s)
  • co-dominant

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Botánica
DEF

[Dícese de una] especie que domina de igual manera que otra en una zona determinada.

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Record 3 2001-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A tree that extends its crown into the canopy and receives direct sunlight from above but limited sunlight from the sides.

CONT

One or more sides of a codominant tree are crowded by the crowns of dominant trees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

[...] arbre dont la cime se trouve dans la strate supérieure du couvert formé par un groupe équienne d'arbres et qui reçoit pleine lumière d'en haut mais relativement peu des côtés.

Spanish

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