mature forest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmatureandforest
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mature
adjective
uk/məˈtʃʊər/us/məˈtʊr/
Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well ...
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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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Linked to the short persistence of its seed bank, this species can be considered an intermediate strategist betweenmatureforestspecialists and early successional species.
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We calculate secondary regrowth to attain 75% ofmatureforestbiomass after 175 y of regeneration.
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The research plots were established inmatureforestin 1965.
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The edges ofmatureforeststands harboured only a subset of the bat community found inmatureforestinteriors.
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Late-secondary and climax species dominate the later stages of succession inmatureforestand are denominated here as latesuccessional species.
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Only the value of thematureforestwas significantly higher than unity.
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Singletons were far more prevalent in thematureforestthan in disturbed habitats.
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Most fields are surrounded bymatureforestor older fallows, and therefore seed sources are locally available.
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Our objective was to examine how diaspore and pelage type interact to affect diaspore dispersal into thematureforest.
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By contrast, the increase of the skewedness of plant size distribution was much slower, and old secondary regrowth still differed strongly frommatureforestconditions.
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Data frommatureforestare shown for comparison (diamond).
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The oldest logged stand (19-y old) and thematureforestshowed a similar share of both regeneration modes in the overall seedling density.
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Total stem density of the 50-y-old stand was almost twice that of thematureforeststand.
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Thus, small trees were more abundant in the colonization zone, whereas thematureforestshowed greater density of very large trees.
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However, the difference in moth diversity between the later succession stages and thematureforestunderstorey was not significant.
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The highest values were found in the early stages, followed by thematureforestunderstorey and the later successional stages.
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The present study did not provide evidence for significant differences in leaf characteristics between a latesuccessional and amatureforest.
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