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Descriptor English: Tundra
Descriptor Spanish: Tundra
Descriptor tundra
Scope note: Ecosistema dominado por hierbas, líquenes, musgos, juncias y arbustos en paisajes fríos o en elevaciones altas en donde una capa de tierra permanece helada de modo perenne (PERMAFROST).
Descriptor Portuguese: Tundra
Descriptor French: Toundra
Entry term(s): Toundra alpestre
Toundra alpine
Toundra antarctique
Toundra arctique
Tree number(s): G16.500.275.157.718
N06.230.124.531
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065929
Scope note: An ecosystem dominated by grasses, lichens, mosses, sedges and shrubs in cold landscapes or at high elevations where a layer of the ground remains perennially frozen (PERMAFROST).
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 55756
Unique ID: D065929
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2015/06/18
Toundra - Preferred
Concept UI M0591816
Preferred term Toundra
Toundra arctique - Narrower
Concept UI M0591859
Preferred term Toundra arctique
Toundra alpine - Narrower
Concept UI M0591858
Preferred term Toundra alpine
Entry term(s) Toundra alpestre
Toundra antarctique - Narrower
Concept UI M0591857
Preferred term Toundra antarctique



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