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  2. Stratification (vegetation) - Wikipedia

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    In ecology, stratification refers to the vertical layering of a habitat; the arrangement of vegetation in layers. [1][2] It classifies the layers (sing. stratum, pl. strata) of vegetation largely according to the different heights to which their plants grow. The individual layers are inhabited by different animal [3] and plant communities ...

  3. Stratification (seeds) - Wikipedia

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    The term stratification can be traced back to at least 1664 in John Evelyn's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber, [2] where seeds were layered (stratified) between layers of moist soil and the strata were exposed to winter conditions. Thus, stratification became the process by which seeds were artificially ...

  4. Tropical rainforest - Wikipedia

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    A single hectare of rainforest may contain 42,000 different species of insect, up to 807 trees of 313 species and 1,500 species of higher plants. [5] Tropical rainforests have been called the " world's largest pharmacy ", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered within them.

  5. List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family - Wikipedia

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    Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Handroanthus impetiginosus. purple tabebuia; purple trumpet tree. Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Jacaranda: jacaranda trees. Jacaranda mimosifolia. blue jacaranda; black poui. Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Kigelia: sausage trees.

  6. Edge effects - Wikipedia

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    Plants that colonize forest edges tend to be shade-intolerant. [ 6 ] These plants also tend to be tolerant of dry conditions , such as shrubs and vines . Animals that colonize tend to be those that require two or more habitats, such as white-tailed and mule deer , elk , cottontail rabbits , blue jays, and robins .

  7. Tabebuia rosea - Wikipedia

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    Tabebuia rosea, also called pink poui, and rosy trumpet tree[2] is a neotropical tree that grows up to 30 m (98 ft) and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 100 cm (3 ft). The Spanish name roble de sabana, meaning "savannah oak", is widely used in Costa Rica, probably because it often remains in heavily deforested areas and because of ...

  8. Assisted migration - Wikipedia

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    Assisted migration is a specific type of species introduction. Species introduction is any act of establishing a species in a habitat it does not currently occupy. It often refers to a long-distance relocation, such as the accidental introduction of an invasive species from one continent to another, or the intentional relocation of a species in decline to a habitat where it can persist.

  9. Secondary succession - Wikipedia

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    Secondary succession is the secondary ecological succession of a plant's life. As opposed to the first, primary succession, secondary succession is a process started by an event (e.g. forest fire, harvesting, hurricane, etc.) that reduces an already established ecosystem (e.g. a forest or a wheat field) to a smaller population of species, and as such secondary succession occurs on preexisting ...

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