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CO-DOMINANT [2 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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