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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resources > biological resources > vegetation > vegetation types > treeline
Preferred Term:

límite arbóreo

Definition:
Zona hasta donde se limita el crecimiento normal de los árboles; el límite arbóreo superior o del ártico está constituido por temperaturas frías a menudo acompañadas de sequía, y el límite arbóreo inferior o árido se forma por sequía acompañada de temperaturas altas.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Términos Genéricos:
tipos de vegetación
Términos Relacionados:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/66040
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2013-08-19
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