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Cloud forest

A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level, formally described in the International Cloud Atlas (2017) as silvagenitus. Cloud…

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related to References · 306
Cloud forest → ABC News, Acerbi Júnior, Achim, Agricultural, Amazon Aid, An, And Other Warm Humid, Archived, Ariel, Arnold Arboretum, Aschan, Assessing Atlantic, Atmospheric Administration, Australia, Australian Alps, B0-12-145160-7/00175-7, B0EE-1, Baguskas, Bartle Frere, Baxter
related to Distribution by country · 46
Cloud forest → Approximately, Argentina, Australia, Azores, Bale Mountains National Park, Bosque, Brazil, Catamarca, Chatianshan Nature Reserve, ChinaCosta Rica, Earth, Eastern Alborz, Ethiopia, Fray Jorge National ParkChina, Fuxing District, Gau IslandIran, Golestan ProvinceJapan, Harenna Forest, Jujuy, Kafa Biosphere ReserveFiji Islands
related to External links · 37
Cloud forest → Andes Biodiversity, April, August, Australian Alps, Bib, Bibliographic Review, Bruijnzeel, CATIE, Cloud Forests, Cloud Forests Fading, Conservation, EcologyRoach, Ecosystem Research GroupCostin, Forest Video, Hamilton, Humid Tropics, Initiative Archived, Interception, ISBN, IV
related to Distribution of tropical montane cloud forests · 30
Cloud forest → Africa, Australasia, Caribbean, Central, Central Africa, Cloud, Colombia, Costa Rica, East, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Important, India, Indonesia, Latin America, Malaysia, Mexico
related to Fauna · 10
Cloud forest → Among, Amphibian, Andean, Central America, Faunal, Globally, In Peru, Pharomachrus, South America, Tremarctos
related to Watershed function · 8
Cloud forest → Chile, Cloud, Costin, Experiments, Peru, The, This, Wimbush
related to Vegetation · 7
Cloud forest → Cerro, Earth, For, Neblina, The, Tropical, Venezuela
related to Climate · 5
Cloud forest → Cloud, Most, Once, The, Within
has impact · 4
Cloud forest → As, Because, Mexico, Projections
related to Characteristics · 4
Cloud forest → Compared, Epiphyte, The, Trees

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Afromontane forestinstance ofSome countries prefer terms0.80text
upper montane rain forestinstance ofSome countries prefer terms0.80text
montane laurel forestinstance ofSome countries prefer terms0.80text
or locally specific names such as the Bolivian yungasinstance ofSome countries prefer terms0.80text
the laurisilva of the Atlantic Islandsinstance ofSome countries prefer terms0.80text
coastal Peruinstance ofparticularly in seasonally dry regions0.80text
northern Chile where cloud forests are virtually the sole source of freshwater.VegetationTropical montane cloud forests are not as species-rich as tropical lowland forests in terms of overall woody plant diversityinstance ofparticularly in seasonally dry regions0.80text
but they provide habitat for many species found nowhere else on Earth.For exampleinstance ofparticularly in seasonally dry regions0.80text
Cerro de la Neblinainstance ofparticularly in seasonally dry regions0.80text
a permanently cloud-covered massif in southern Venezuelainstance ofparticularly in seasonally dry regions0.80text
supports numerous shrubsinstance ofparticularly in seasonally dry regions0.80text
orchidsinstance ofparticularly in seasonally dry regions0.80text

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