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- Subject Category
- F Plant Science and Plant Products
- K Forest Science and Forest Products
- P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Definition
- Debris left over after logging, pruning, thinning or brush cutting; includes logs, chips, bark, branches, stumps and broken understory trees or brush.
- Definition Source
- Wildland Fire Terminology, Forest Service
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/70084.rdf
- Scope Note
- Use for woody debris left in the forest as the result of an anthropogenic activity such as logging; For naturally uprooted trees and fallen branches that serve an ecological function in forests or in streams USE coarse woody debris.
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/70084
- Broader Term
- dead wood
- waste wood
- Related Term
- clearcutting
- coarse woody debris
- forest thinning
- logging
- shifting cultivation
- Spanish
- restos de corta
- Term Number
- 70084