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Science - Forestry / Wood / Timber / Silviculture | | Spanish term or phrase: pie a pie | SPAIN. From a text about trees. Is it possible that "pie" means "tree" here, and is this a common usage in the field?
"Reseña histórica de las masas irregulares en mezcla pie a pie:...LIOCOURT (1898) describe la masa irregular como la constituida por pies pertenecientes a todas las clases diamétricas, e indica que lo primero que hay que estudiar es la distribución diamétrica natural en una masa irregular normal..." |
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| | tree to tree | Explanation:
According to numerous entries in the "Diccionario Forestal" de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales, a "pie" is a tree.
(http://books.google.es/books?id=Cy-Frn9-k6QC&printsec=frontc...
The dictionary doesn't contain a specific definition of "pie a pie," but the closest approximation to your text may be "conteo pie a pie": Inventariación de los árboles de una o más especies, generalmente por encima de un tamaño límite determinado, y su clasificación por tamaño, condición, etc. Inglés: enumeration cruise (Cw), tally (EE.UU.)
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tree by tree (literal translation) |
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