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vegetation structure — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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vegetation structure

Scope: landscape

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Knowledge graph centered on vegetation structure with 65 nodes and 129 connections. Top connected: Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium, Potentilla, Erigeron, Populus.

Definition

The physical arrangement and composition of vegetation including coverage of different plant types, heights, and density

Related Terms (2)

habitat typeshabitat structure

Publications (2)

Vegetation structure effect on bird foraging behavior across the summer season in montane wet-meadows

Spatial distribution of mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

Related Concepts (10)

nesting preferences

phenomenon2 shared papers

antipredator behavior

process1 shared paper

space use

measurement1 shared paper

foraging efficiency

measurement1 shared paper

trophic cascade

process1 shared paper

breeding ecology

process1 shared paper

herbivore preference

process1 shared paper

species overabundance

phenomenon1 shared paper

nutritional niche partitioning

theory1 shared paper

small mammal abundance

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

herbaceous plants

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae2 papers

Lupinus

Fabaceae1 paper

Timothy

Erigeron

Asteraceae1 paper

Picea engelmannii

Pinaceae1 paper

Mertensia ciliata

Boraginaceae1 paper

Taraxacum

Asteraceae1 paper

Amelanchier alnifolia

Rosaceae1 paper

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae1 paper