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SABANA BOSQUE DEVASTADO [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Ecosystems
  • Silviculture
DEF

Savanna vegetation existing on sites formerly supporting high forest, having developed from such forest through cutting and burning (e.g. through shifting cultivation) and being maintained as savanna by annual or frequent grass fires.

OBS

The tree species in derived savanna may differ from those of the original high forest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Écosystèmes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Savane dont l'existence sur certaines stations résulte de la dégradation d'anciennes forêts denses humides, par suite de l'exécution de coupes et de brûlages désordonnément répétés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Ecosistemas
  • Silvicultura
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