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LATE STAGE SUCCESSION [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-01-29

English

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

A late stage in succession (the process of community development after disturbance) where the forest canopy starts to open up, and the amount of vertical and horizontal structural diversity increases.

OBS

The time since disturbance at which a late seral stage could be said to exist varies from forest unit to forest unit.

French

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

Étape tardive d'une succession (processus de développement d'une communauté après une perturbation) où le couvert forestier commence à s'ouvrir et où la diversité structurelle verticale et horizontale augmente.

OBS

Après une perturbation, la longueur de la période écoulée avant que l'on considère que la communauté est parvenue au dernier stade de succession écologique varie d'une unité forestière à une autre.

Spanish

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