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Definition of Overstories
1. overstory [n] - See also: overstory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstories
Literary usage of Overstories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference by M. Boya Edwards (2001)
"overstories on all plots were predominantly oak. Northern red, black, and white
oaks accounted for 80 percent of the overstory stocking before thinning and ..."
2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Estimates of current yield, future yield, and growth of the woodland overstories
on watershed lands is prerequisite to this purpose. ..."
3. Assessing the Effects of Fire Disturbance on Ecosystems: A Scientific Agenda by Daniel L. Schmoldt (2000)
"Low-severity fire regimes have frequent fires (1-25 years) that are normally
low-intensity fires with minimal impacts on forest overstories. ..."
4. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... reporting that it grew equally well beneath heavy cottonwood overstories, in
open areas, and in nearly pure stands of salt cedar. ..."
5. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"In north-central Washington, lynx denned in stands > 200 years old with Engelmann
spruce-sub- alpine fir-lodgepole pine overstories having N-NE aspects; ..."
6. Silviculture: From the Crane of Forestry to Ecosystem Management edited by Louise H. Foley (1998)
"Unlikely combinations include diverse herbaceous understories with dense natural
pine or mixed pine-hardwood overstories and natural ground layers in ..."
7. Conference on Adaptive Ecosystem Restoration and Management: Restoration of edited by Wallace Covington, Pamela K. Wagner (1998)
"Old-growth stands with overstocked overstories and dense, primarily fir understories.
Before silvicultural cutting and prescribed burning treatments are ..."
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