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Record 1 2008-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A group of forested areas or stands of similar composition which differentiates it from other such groups.

OBS

Forest types are usually separated and identified by species composition and often also by height, crown closure, age and site classes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Dans le classement des peuplements forestiers, division servant à grouper les peuplements analogues au point de vue composition et développement dus à certains facteurs écologiques, mais pouvant se différencier, par ces mêmes facteurs, d'autres groupes de peuplement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Explotación forestal
DEF

Categoría de bosque definida según la vegetación que lo integra, particularmente su composición y/o los factores locales, según una clasificación establecida por cada país de acuerdo a la situación en que se encuentra.

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Record 2 2008-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

The composition of a stand defined by the percentage of basal area occupied by its conifers.

OBS

In Quebec, there are three types of forest cover - softwood: conifers occupy over 75% of the basal area; mixedwood: conifers occupy between 25% and 75% of the basal area; broadleaf: conifers occupy less than 25% of the basal area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Composition d'un peuplement définie par le pourcentage de surface terrière occupée par les résineux [...]

OBS

[...] résineux : les résineux occupent plus de 75 % de la surface terrière; mélangés : les résineux occupent entre 25 % et 75 % de la surface terrière; feuillus: les résineux occupent moins de 25 % de la surface terrière.

Spanish

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