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EA: ECOSYSTEM_TYPE_OLSON
EE: TROPICAL_RAINFOREST

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 88
EA label: ECOSYSTEM_TYPE_OLSON
Concept definition: Comprised of tall-medium closed, multilayer <FOREST>, having evergreen broadleaf <VEGETATION> and a hot, wet climate; tropical rainforest. Dominant taxa include Swietena, Bertholletia, Hevea, Dacryodes, Sloanea, and Cordia.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [GEF1, Olson Ecosystem Type TROPRAINFRST: 33 (tropical rainforest)]
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