Ceannbhrat

Sa bhitheolaíocht, is éard is ceannbhrat ann ná an tsraith is airde i ngrúpa crann nó plandaí nuair a thagann a mbarr le chéile.^[1][2][3] San éiceolaíocht foraoise, déanann an téarma “ceannbhrat” tagairt don ghnáthóg iomlán i sraith uachtarach na foraoise, déanta as barr na gcrann chomh maith le horgánaigh bhitheolaíochta eile (eipifítí, lianaí, ainmhithe crannacha, srl.).^[4]

Ceannbhrat i bhforaois shíorghlas thrópaiceach, Oileáin Andaman

Tagairtí

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2. Moffett, Mark W. (December 2000). "What's "Up"? A Critical Look at the Basic Terms of Canopy Biology". Biotropica 32 (4): 569–596. doi:10.1646/0006-3606(2000)032[0569:WSUACL]2.0.CO;2.
3. Hay, Robert K.M. (2006). "The Physiology of Crop Yield" (Second ed.). Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4051-0859-1.
4. Parker, Geoffrey G. (1995). "Forest Canopies" (First ed.): 73–106. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0124576506.