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| Preferred Name |
deadwood decaying rate |
| Definitions |
Rate of decomposition (decaying) of deadwood in forest. Usually is expressed in decaying classes (1, less decayed or just dead, to 5 almost completely decayed). Deadwood is made up by dead branches, dead stems, stump remnants or dead trees (complete). The volume or biomass of deadwood in a forest is taken as an estimate of the suitability of that forest to host hifgher biodiversity of saproxilic fauna (fauna that lives on dead matter) |
| Obsolete |
true |
| In Schemes | |
| Type |
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept |
| creator | |
| definition | Rate of decomposition (decaying) of deadwood in forest. Usually is expressed in decaying classes (1, less decayed or just dead, to 5 almost completely decayed). Deadwood is made up by dead branches, dead stems, stump remnants or dead trees (complete). The volume or biomass of deadwood in a forest is taken as an estimate of the suitability of that forest to host hifgher biodiversity of saproxilic fauna (fauna that lives on dead matter) |
| note | [controlled by ] Giorgio Matteucci , 23/05/2013 |
| isReplacedBy | |
| prefLabel | deadwood decaying rate |
| created | 2016-03-31 |
| broader | |
| deprecated | true |
| modified | 2022-03-21 |
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