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Kahlhieb
English: clearcutting [definition]
Español: cortas a hecho [definition]
Français: coupe rase [definition]
Portugués: corte raso
Kahlschlag
English: clearcutting [definition]
Español: cortas a hecho [definition]
Français: coupe rase [definition]
Portugués: corte raso
Kahlschlagmethode
English: clear-cutting system
Français: mode de régénération par coupes rases [definition]
kaingin
a primitive, more or less unregulated method of cyclical cultivation, still widely practiced in the tropics, whereby cultivators cut some or all of the tree crop, burn it, and raise agricultural crops for one or more years before moving on to another site and repeating the process -note 1. shifting cultivation has numerous native names including chena (Sri Lanka), kaingin (Philippines), kumri (Ind...
Kairomone
See also: Allomone
A chemical or mixture of chemicals emitted by an organism (e.g. a plant) that induces a response in an individual of another species (e.g. an insect) that is beneficial to the receiving organism. An example of a kairomone is a plant scent that makes the plant more easily identifiable to an insect pest.
Kajoe damar
another name for Manila copal
kalkartig
English: calcareous soil [definition]
Español: calizo
Français: calcaire [definition]
Portugués: solos calcários
Kallus
English: callus [definition]
Español: callo
Français: cal [definition]
kalziphil
English: calcicole [definition]
Español: calcícola [definition]
Français: calcicole [definition]
Kambialzone
English: cambial zone [definition]
Español: cambial
Français: zone cambiale [definition]
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