forest ecology

collocation in English

meaningsofforestandecology

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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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ecology
noun[U]
uk
/iˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/iˈkɑː.lə.dʒi/
the relationships between the air, land, water, animals, plants, etc., usually of a particular area, or the scientific study ...
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(Definition offorestandecologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The book is a beautifully written, well indexed and authoritative work of reference on tropical rainforestecologyprimarily from the botanical viewpoint.
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Forestecologytypes include the oak-hickory forest at lower elevations and the northern hardwood forestat higher elevations.
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The use of allometry is widespread in forestry andforestecology.
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He has published over 200 papers on neotropicalforestecologyand conservation at scales ranging from single populations to entire regional landscapes.
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The initiative contributes to the disciplines of sociobiology,forestecology, population biology, genetics, epidemiology and conservation in these primates.
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Forestecologystudies share characteristics and methodological approaches with other areas of terrestrial plant ecology.
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Modern research suggests that this policy was misguided, and that a certain level of wildfires is a natural and important part offorestecology.
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There are field plots for research activities in silviculture, wildlife management,forestecology, forest survey, forest engineering, and hydrology.
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Arachnids are important to theforestecology, as both predators and prey.
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Thus,forestecologyis a highly diverse and important branch of ecological study.
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The term is used in forest management andforestecology.
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Following his death, a memorial fund was established by donations in his memory, which provides travel stipends to students in the fields of plant ecophysiology,forestecologyand ecosystem ecology.
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Engaged inforestecologyand wetlands.
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However, as the term forest connotes an area inhabited by more than one organism,forestecologymost often concentrates on the level of the population, community or ecosystem.
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Since many processes inforestecologytake a long time (decades or centuries) to develop, chronosequence methods are used to represent and study the time-dependent development of a forest.
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