bosques higrotropofíticos

English translation: moist temperate forests

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Spanish term or phrase:bosques higrotropofíticos
English translation:moist temperate forests
Entered by: Sheila Hardie

20:06 Dec 15, 2010
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Science - Botany
Spanish term or phrase: bosques higrotropofíticos
This is a document on an environmental impact assessment. I think this term refers to some kind of dry forest but cannot find a direct translation of it.
islander1974
Canada
tropical dry forests
Explanation:
I think this is the term commonly used.

HTH


Sheila


Higrotropofítico: Bioma, formación o comunidad vegetal, en la que durante una
temporada climática desfavorable por sequía, las plantas pierden colectivamente su
follaje.

tropical dry forest

Definition
Diverse ecosystem consisting mainly of deciduous trees which, unlike the evergreen trees, shed their foliage in dry season. Now occupying only a fraction of its original ranges in Central America and Southern Mexico, tropical dry forests are one of the most threatened parts of the earth's environment. See also tropical rain forest.


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3 +2tropical dry forests
Sheila Hardie
5moist temperate forest
Muriel Vasconcellos
3temperate deciduous woodlands/forests
liz askew
2tropical deciduous woodlands
Andrée Goreux
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Rachel Fell

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tropical dry forests


Explanation:
I think this is the term commonly used.

HTH


Sheila


Higrotropofítico: Bioma, formación o comunidad vegetal, en la que durante una
temporada climática desfavorable por sequía, las plantas pierden colectivamente su
follaje.

tropical dry forest

Definition
Diverse ecosystem consisting mainly of deciduous trees which, unlike the evergreen trees, shed their foliage in dry season. Now occupying only a fraction of its original ranges in Central America and Southern Mexico, tropical dry forests are one of the most threatened parts of the earth's environment. See also tropical rain forest.


Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/tropical-dry-fo...

Sheila Hardie
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agree  Rachel Fell
1 hr
  -> thanks, Rachel :)

agree  Charles Davis
2 hrs
  -> thanks, Charles :)

disagree  Muriel Vasconcellos: It's just the opposite. It's a moist forest.
13 hrs

agree  Jenniferts
1 day 12 hrs
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temperate deciduous woodlands/forests


Explanation:
temperate deciduous woodlands/forests


Explanation:
EMGESA SEGUNDA ETAPA - CONVENIO No xxxxxxx
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higrotropofiticos (bosques caducifolios del piso térmico cálido) que ocuparon en conjunto, no solo los arenales que hoy tienen, sino que en los períodos ...
www.natura.org.co/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc...
Bosque - Spanish to English Translation
bosque de árboles caducifolios = deciduous forest. * bosque de árboles de hoja caduca = deciduous forest. * bosque de coníferas = coniferous forest. ...
translation.babylon.com/spanish/to-english/bosque/ - Cached
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:0BFz1l8ArFUJ:www.a...

here “piso térmico” = climate area

1. piso termico calido > warm climate area
17 May 2006 ... (KudoZ) Spanish to English translation of piso termico calido: warm climate area [Other (Bus/Financial)].
www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish.../1361803-piso_termico_calido.h... - Cached
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:IdWUupC...
http://www.econet.org.uk/weather/world.html#temperate

= temperate


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Definición hygro- | Diccionario Inglés definiciones | Reverso
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hygro- definición : hygro- , (before a vowel) hygr- combining form indicating moisture hygrometer (from Greek hugros wet) … , aprender el inglés, ...
diccionario.reverso.net/ingles-definiciones/hygro- - Spain - Similar

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tropo·phyte (träp′ə fīt′)

noun
any tropophilous plant, as a deciduous tree

Origin: < Gr tropos, a turning (see trope) + -phyte

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Related Forms:

* tropophytic trop′o·phyt′ic (-fit′ik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing,


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liz askew
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tropical deciduous woodlands


Explanation:
just an idea

Andrée Goreux
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moist temperate forest


Explanation:
15,800 hits for the phrase See examples below.

Per Merriam Webster
hygro- = 'moist'

tropophilous
Function:adjective
Etymology:1trop- + -philous or -phil
: physiologically adjusted to or thriving in an environment that undergoes marked periodic changes (as in temperature, soil moisture, or available light)

tropophyte
Function:noun
Inflected Form:-s
Etymology:1trop- + -phyte
: a tropophilous plant
*trees of the northern deciduous forests are typical tropophytes adapted to a mesophytic summer and a xerophytic winter*

Examples - the first is from a book that I translated:

Many species are Table 24.2. Classifications of the Interior Atlantic Forest of Paraguay. Classification Reference Flora **Moist temperate forest** and ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=155963989X.

Montane Moist Temperate Forest. Sub Alpine & Temperate Forest. Alpine Scrub. Plantation/TOF. Non Forest. Forest Type Groups. •first ever forest type map ...
moef.nic.in/downloads/others/Subhasis%20Ashutosh.pdf

Jun 18, 2009 ... It is classed as part of the moist temperate forest type. Other Australian forests in this group also scored highly on carbon density, ...
www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20091806-19310.html

Sep 26, 2010 ... Moist Temperate Forest image taken at Ulva Island, New Zealand. image licensing usage rights and prints available.
stockpix.com/stock/travel/newzealand/793.htm

The site contains five forest types: subtropical moist deciduous forest (2200–2400 m), wet temperate forest (2400–2700 m), moist temperate forest (2700–3250 ...
www.icimod.org/hkhconservationportal/PA.aspx?ID=3

A hectare of moist temperate forest offsets the yearly emissions of between 417 and 333 cars, depending on whether if that forest is in a cool or warm ...
www.treehugger.com › Science & Technology › science





Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: e.g.

Reference information:
Ell Bosque seco Tropiicall (Bs--T)
en Collombiia
Instituto Alexander von Humboldt
Programa de Inventario de la Biodiversidad
Grupo de Exploraciones y Monitoreo Ambiental GEMA

El Bosque seco Tropical (Bs-T) se define
como aquella formación vegetal que presenta
una cobertura boscosa continua y que se
distribuye entre los 0-1000 m de altitud;
presenta temperatura superiores a los 240 C
(piso térmico cálido) y precipitaciones entre
los 700 y 2000 mm anuales, con uno o dos
periodos marcados de sequía al año (Espinal
1985; Murphy & Lugo 1986, IAVH 1997). De
acuerdo con Hernández (1990) esta formación
corresponde a los llamados bosques
higrotropofíticos, bosque tropical caducifolio de
diversos autores, bosque seco Tropical de
Holdridge, y al bosque tropical de baja altitud
deciduo por sequía de la clasificación
propuesta por la UNESCO

http://www.humboldt.org.co/download/inventarios/bst/Doc3.pdf

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
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