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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. biological resources
  3. vegetation
  4. vegetation types
  5. forests
  6. secondary forests
  1. Forestry, Wildland Management
  2. forests
  3. secondary forests

Preferred term

secondary forests

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The first forest regenerated on land that was originally covered by primary forest which was drastically altered in structure by selective cutting or clearcutting for agricultural use.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • second-growth forests

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/41244

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