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Italian to English translations [PRO] Science - Botany
Italian term or phrase:continuum cotonale
I don't have even the faintest idea what this may mean. Don't think it may be related to cotton, however here's the original sentence:
"La consistente ricchezza di biotopi, nonostante la limitata estensione dell’area, evidenzia una varietà di ambienti (delle spiagge, dei calanchi, dei trubi, dei gessi, dei torrenti e dei pantani) che a fronte di una riduzione del disturbo antropico darebbero origine ad un continuum di tipo cotonale."
Once again, the text is about vegetation distribution in the Southern coast of Sicily
Explanation: e·co·tone (k-tn, k-)
n.
A transitional zone between two communities containing the characteristic species of each.
This is from a dictionary. I also found ecotonal | cotonal on the web but still don't know whether cotonal and ecotonal have different meanings.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2007-09-23 02:06:54 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
So may be "ecotonal continuum", or "ecotonal transition" would be it...
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2007-09-23 02:10:29 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
It seems that the "e" may be deleted, but ecotonal seems to be more standard and descriptive.
(E)cotonal – the plot is in a visible ecotone or transition between two. communities. UTM: If the surveyor is using a GPS unit, the location of the plot is ...
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-23 02:11:45 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Another indication:
Adjacent Forest Type Ecotonal Hardwood Ecotonal Coniferous Ecotonal ... Ecotonal Ecotonal Ecotonal Ecotonal Hardwood Ecotonal Ecotonal I cotonal ...
Explanation: e·co·tone (k-tn, k-)
n.
A transitional zone between two communities containing the characteristic species of each.
This is from a dictionary. I also found ecotonal | cotonal on the web but still don't know whether cotonal and ecotonal have different meanings.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2007-09-23 02:06:54 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
So may be "ecotonal continuum", or "ecotonal transition" would be it...
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2007-09-23 02:10:29 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
It seems that the "e" may be deleted, but ecotonal seems to be more standard and descriptive.
(E)cotonal – the plot is in a visible ecotone or transition between two. communities. UTM: If the surveyor is using a GPS unit, the location of the plot is ...
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-23 02:11:45 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Another indication:
Adjacent Forest Type Ecotonal Hardwood Ecotonal Coniferous Ecotonal ... Ecotonal Ecotonal Ecotonal Ecotonal Hardwood Ecotonal Ecotonal I cotonal ...
Zareh Darakjian Ph.D. Local time: 20:23 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English, Armenian PRO pts in category: 8
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +1
