secondary forest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecondaryandforest
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secondary
adjective
uk/ˈsek.ən.dri/us/ˈsek.ən.der.i/
less important than ...
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forest
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈfɒr.ɪst/us/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees and ...
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(Definition ofsecondaryandforestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The reserve includes 640 ha of lowland tropical rain forest surrounded by a mosaic of disturbed habitats andsecondaryforest.
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Results suggest that asymmetric competition and resulting patterns of tree-thinning are major driving forces determiningsecondaryforestsuccessional pathways.
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Secondaryforestpatches were intersected by forestry access roads and some derelict timber-yarding areas.
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Entrance fees, packaged tours, and the presence ofsecondaryforesthad negative effects on a tourist's utility.
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The feeding activities in the primary andsecondaryforestwere at the same level and significantly lower than in the two plantations.
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This study builds on a growing body of work on the physiological responses of tropicalsecondaryforestspecies.
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Secondaryforesthad higher levels of terrestrial browse and a denser understorey shrub layer.
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The total amount of forest covered by our sample is 2,106,592 hectares of primary andsecondaryforest.
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Tubs were filled with sandysecondaryforesttopsoil over 5 cm of coarse gravel.
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Moreover, sampling insecondaryforeststrips located between primary forests and secondary-growth habitats might also be an effective strategy for species richness estimation.
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These interventions could take the form of forest regeneration, through abandonment of pasture orsecondaryforest.
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Pastures are rarely abandoned and allowed to regenerate intosecondaryforest.
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Many stems are observed along the first 60-90 m from the edge into thesecondaryforest.
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The southern part includes c. 7 ha ofsecondaryforestand c. 3 ha of heath forest.
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Allsecondaryforestsites are within 300 m of primary forest.
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However, both studies found that manysecondaryforestspecies were lacking in the primary forests.
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Food was borne on 1.9% of the sampled trees in primary forest and 2.7% of the trees in thesecondaryforest.
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