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patchily distributed

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English term or phrase:patchily distributed
French translation:distribué de façon non homogène (ou) dont la distribution est non homogène (ou) avec une distribution non homogène
Entered by: Ghyslaine LE NAGARD

12:48 Oct 22, 2007
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English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Scientif study on lizards
English term or phrase: patchily distributed
On the other hand, species with precise habitat requirements will be localised and ///patchily distributed///—for example, Nannoscincus manautei is confined to closed forest and will be absent from large parts of the massif.

Thanks for your help.
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia


Summary of answers provided
4 +2réparties de manières inégales
Diane de Cicco
4 +1distribuées par zones clairsemées
colette siorat
4réparties par zones
François Begon
4à distribution fragmentée
Tristan Guillosson


Discussion entries: 3





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
réparties de manières inégales


Explanation:
pas uniformément

Diane de Cicco
France
Local time: 09:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabelle Berquin: Oui, ou peut-etre réparties de manière inégale?
2 mins
  -> oui, au singulier, bien sûr, c'est mieux
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
3 mins
  -> Merci
neutral  Emanns Words: Réparties de manièrE (façon) inégalE ou inégalement réparties (ou dispatchées)
17 hrs
  -> Why neutral?
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
distribuées par zones clairsemées


Explanation:
patchy = claisemé...
on pourrait presque parler de biotopes clairsemés, si le contexte confirme l'idée d'une zone d'habitat spécifique ce qui semble être le cas.

colette siorat
France
Local time: 09:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  Andrée Goreux
11 hrs
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
réparties par zones


Explanation:
Traduction litérale

François Begon
France
Local time: 09:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 86
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9 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
à distribution fragmentée


Explanation:
En zoologie française on utilise beaucoup plus souvent le nom "distribution" que le participe "distribué" (alors que les anglophones font l'inverse)...

On pourrait aussi parle d'une "aire de répartition fragmentée"...


    Reference: http://www.franche-comte.ecologie.gouv.fr/plugins/fckeditor/...
    Reference: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=100346
Tristan Guillosson
Local time: 09:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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