Environmental Thesaurus

Last uploaded: September 14, 2024
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ID

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/52

Preferred Name

grassland

Definitions

[Henderson's] n. biome found in regions where the average annual precipitation (ca. 25– 76 cm) is sufficient to support the growth of grasses and other herbaceous plants but generally insufficient to support continu­ous tree cover. In wetter regions grassland is maintained as a result of grazing by her­bivores. see alpine grassland, giant-grass community, prairie, savanna, short-grass community, steppe, tall-grass community, veld.

Obsolete

true

In Schemes
Type

http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

scopeNote

MAES Working Group

creator

0000-0003-0631-8231

definition

[Henderson's] n. biome found in regions where the average annual precipitation (ca. 25– 76 cm) is sufficient to support the growth of grasses and other herbaceous plants but generally insufficient to support continu­ous tree cover. In wetter regions grassland is maintained as a result of grazing by her­bivores. see alpine grassland, giant-grass community, prairie, savanna, short-grass community, steppe, tall-grass community, veld.

note

[controlled by ] Leca Stefan 14.06.2013

prefLabel

grassland

prairie

created

2013-02-21

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/1

deprecated

true

modified

2019-02-15

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