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Record 1 2001-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Gaps that establish at the time of initiation and persist through several stages of forest development. Priority gaps represent distinct microenvironments within the forest ecosystem and provide a diversity of resources to flora and fauna.

OBS

Persistent openings in the forest habitat which are the result of small stature vegetation which has been able to withstand the regeneration of tall canopy dominants and subsequent canopy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Écosystèmes
OBS

Dans une forêt.

Spanish

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