subcanopy

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noun

The section of a forest immediately beneath the canopy

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Meanings

nounsubcanopy (plural subcanopies)

plural subcanopies

  1. The section of a forest immediately beneath the canopy

    Arrows indicate separated values for the Fitzroya stand only and the Nothofagus dominated subcanopy forests in AA. FC: Fitzroya cupressoides, NN: Nothofagus nitida, DW: Drimys winteri, LP: Laureliopsis philippiana, MC: Myrceugenia chrysocarpa, SC: Saxegothaea conspicua.

    2015 September 10, “The Oldest, Slowest Rainforests in the World? Massive Biomass and Slow Carbon Dynamics of Fitzroya cupressoides Temperate Forests in Southern Chile”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From sub- + canopy.

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