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understorey

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understorey [ˈʌndəˌstɔːrɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a lower tier of shrubs and small trees under the main canopy of forest trees
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understorey [ˈʌndəˌstɔːrɪ] Nmonte m bajo


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Thus, traditional small-scale farming by local communities is crucial to the ibis' survival because grazing livestock and burning of the forest understorey opens up these habitats making them suitable for the birds.
Although the understorey does have lower light conditions, the overall effect is more akin to ''park-like conditions'', rather than ''rain-forest conditions''.
Not all of what is in the vegetation goes up, but you also lose much of the carbon in the litter and understorey and also some of the soil carbon', he said.
 
 
 
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