forestshost
Forestshost is a term used to describe a central host within forest ecosystems that supports other elements, either biologically as an organism that harbors symbionts and epiphytes, or technologically as a gateway device in forest monitoring networks. The term is a portmanteau of forest and host and is used in informal ecological and data-technology discussions to distinguish central hosts from peripheral nodes.
In ecology, a forestshost denotes a tree or plant that provides habitat or surface area for a
In technology, forestshost refers to a data-collection and processing node that aggregates readings from field sensors
In practice, the term highlights the dual idea of a physical host in living forests and a
See also: forest network, sensor network, biodiversity, edge computing.