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EA: ECOSYSTEM_TYPE_OLSON
EE: DRY_TROPICAL_TREED_TRACT

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 38
EA label: ECOSYSTEM_TYPE_OLSON
Concept definition: Comprised of woodland/low <FOREST> and C4 <GRASS>, having drought-deciduous <VEGETATION> and a hot, dry climate; dry tropical treed tract. Dominant taxa include Prosopis, Cercidium, Aspidospermum, and Cedrela.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [GEF1, Olson Ecosystem Type DRYTROPICWDS: 32 (dry tropical wood/shrub)]
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