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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Forestry, Wildland Management > forest ecology > dead wood
Fields of Study > ecology > forest ecology > dead wood
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > ecology > forest ecology > dead wood
Preferred Term:

dead wood

Definition:
Dead branches or completely dead standing trees resulting from natural processes or anthropogenic activity such as logging.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
forest ecology
Narrower Concepts:
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • dead trees
  • deadwood
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/31857
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2018-03-08
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