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Term details "mortality"

Language: English
Term: mortality
Definition: Death of individual trees, stands, or whole forests due to impact of stress factors, e.g. old age, disease, insect attack, fire, wind, drought and competition for light, water, nutrients, and space, but excluding harvesting.
  (Source: JKDUN, 1996)
Subject field:ecology, forest health


Equivalent terms in other languages:

French:mortalité
Spanish:mortalidad


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