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natural graft
Français: greffe naturelle [definition]
Natural immunity
See also: Immunity
Immunity due to innate genetic characters. (BSPP)
natural layering
Español: acodo natural
Portugués: mergulhia natural
natural pruning
the process of branch death and shedding caused by physical and biotic agents, such as shading, fungi, and wind, snow, or ice breakage -synonym self-pruning -see habitat, pruning

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Source: Dictionary of Forestry (1998) published by the Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-2198. Not for further reproduction.
natural range
the geographical and elevational limits within which an organism occurs naturally -see habitat, home range

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Source: Dictionary of Forestry (1998) published by the Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-2198. Not for further reproduction.
natural regeneration
the establishment of a plant or a plant age class from natural seeding, sprouting, suckering, or layering

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Source: Dictionary of Forestry (1998) published by the Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-2198. Not for further reproduction.
natural resin
1. secretions of certain trees, or of insects feeding on them, which are oxidation or polymerization products of terpenes, consisting of mixtures of aromatic acids and esters insoluble in water but soluble in ether, alcohol, or other organic solvents -note 1. natural resins often exude from wounds and are obtained commercially by tapping or by extraction with solvents -note 2. natural resins are s...
natural resources
Español: recursos naturales
Portugués: recursos naturais
natural selection
the process by which the genetic makeup of a population changes under natural conditions, without human interference, on the basis of its ability to become better adapted, survive, or reproduce in a particular set of environmental conditions -see selection

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Source: Dictionary of Forestry (1998) published by the Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-2...
natural thinning
Español: aclareo natural
Portugués: raleio natural
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