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23:20 Oct 12, 2010

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Science - Botany / ecosystems

German term or phrase: kleingliedrig

Kleingliedrige natürliche Mischwälder sind artenreich, einförmige Fichtenforste dagegen artenverarmt.
Compact? Sounds funny to me. With a rich understory? TIA for any help.

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English translation:(dense) low stature

Explanation:
***(Dense) low stature*** natural mixed forests are species rich, whereas uniform spruce forests are species poor.

sources:

Forest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - ... forests dominated by angiosperms (broadleaf forests) are more species-rich than .... Thorn forest, a dense forest of low stature with a high frequency of .... Mixed broadleaf/needleleaf forest - Natural forests with > 30% canopy cover, ... The scientific study of forest species and their interaction with the ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest -

Natural Regions - The Canadian Encyclopedia - When present, trees are of low stature. They tend to be restricted to warmer spots and ...... The mixed forest area included species such as eastern white pine, ... The rich soils of this ecozone have been widely used for agriculture. ...
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?... -

Natural Heritage Information Centre -- Tracks and maintains data ... - Uniform, even-aged conifer stands cover extensive areas. Most of the forest is 70 to 100 years old. Conifer-dominated forest communities are species poor. ...
nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic/.../areas_report_old.cfm?... -

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andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 21:32

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Low stature sounds good; also found other online references using this term.
Thanks!
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3 +1

small areas

Annie and Rolf Reiser

fine-scale

Celia Bodnar

(dense) low stature

andres-larsen

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(dense) low stature

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 21:32
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Low stature sounds good; also found other online references using this term.
Thanks!

2 hrs confidence:

fine-scale

Explanation:
to contrast with the broad-scale diversity distribution of the uniform forest

Celia Bodnar
Canada
Local time: 21:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

small areas

Explanation:
small areas of mixed woodland...

Kleingliedrig ist der Gegensatz zu großflächig.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-10-13 02:42:56 GMT)
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http://www.boku.eu/fileadmin/_/PF-BioLandwirtschaft/pubs/Soz...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-10-13 02:43:15 GMT)
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http://www.diegriesegegend.de/index.php

Annie and Rolf Reiser
Local time: 20:02
Native speaker of:

German,

English

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