subtropical forest

collocation in English

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subtropical
adjective
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/ˌsʌbˈtrɒp.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌsʌbˈtrɑː.pɪ.kəl/
belonging to or relating to parts of the world that are immediately south or north of the tropics (= the hottest areas) and have very hot weather at some times of ...
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forest
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/us
/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees and ...
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With this understanding of forest dynamics we can managesubtropicalforesttree diversity.
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Thus, epiphytes can expand both the nutrient storage and absorption capacity of tropical andsubtropicalforestecosystems.
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The plants indicate asubtropicalforest-swamp with conifers, seed ferns and palm ferns as undergrowth and ginkgos and conifers on higher and drier ground.
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Fires are common in many seasonally-drysubtropicalforestcommunities and occur with a relatively high frequency (about once every 50-100 years).
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In contrast, the four tropical forests showed more uniform distributions of maximum heights, while thesubtropicalforesthad an intermediate distribution.
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It is known to be found on crumbling shaded rock faces insubtropicalforest.
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The brown greater galago lives in tropical andsubtropicalforest, preferring riverine and coastal forest, but it can also be found in the woodland savannah.
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It is best known for its contrast of colours and its unique geography that ranges from the mountain desert to thesubtropicalforest.
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It contains lowland rainforest,subtropicalforestand some highland rainforest.
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This suggests the fossils existed originally in asubtropicalforestenvironment.
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The countryside was mountainous, broken, and covered insubtropicalforest.
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The vegetation varies widely fromsubtropicalforestin the south to coniferous forest in the north.
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The flycatcher's natural habitat issubtropicalforest, but during the summer it is found in tropical high-altitude scrubland.
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This area identifies asubtropicalforestlife, with natural vegetation, dominated by extensive grazing systems and agriculture.
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It inhabits marshes, pools, small streams and the surroundingsubtropicalforest.
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It inhabits beaches and islands in the evergreen broadleaf forest, macaronesian laurisilva, densesubtropicalforestand warm temperate evergreen broadleaf forests.
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It is typically found at heights ranging from 4003,100 m insubtropicalforestand on highland ridges.
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In the 1960s the land became a public park, with walking trails throughsubtropicalforest.
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It can be found in many different kinds of environment, including moist tropical andsubtropicalforest, dry forest, and disturbed or secondary forest.
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