Concept: tropical forest in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/8687
Preferred label tropical forest
Definition A vegetation class consisting of tall, close-growing trees, their columnar trunks more or less unbranched in the lower two-thirds, and forming a spreading and frequently flat crown; occurs in areas of high temperature and high rainfall.
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • baso tropikal [eu]
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