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Oct 18, 2008 23:56
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French term
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quadra
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Geography
calculating a fish's area of occupancy
Hi all,
This is from a document in Canadian French about the banded killifish. This specific sentence is about calculated the fish's area of occupancy using "quadra." I've never seen this term before and am having a hard time. Any ideas?? I think it involves quadrature....
La zone d’occurrence canadienne des populations continentales de fondules barrés, calculée à l’aide de la technique du polygone minimum convexe, est estimée à 1 508 000 km2 alors que la zone d’occupation, calculée à l’aide de **quadra** de 1 km par 1 km, est estimée à 12 000 km2
fondule barré = banded killifish
zone d’occurrence = extent of occurrence
zone d'occupation = area of occupancy
Thanks!
This is from a document in Canadian French about the banded killifish. This specific sentence is about calculated the fish's area of occupancy using "quadra." I've never seen this term before and am having a hard time. Any ideas?? I think it involves quadrature....
La zone d’occurrence canadienne des populations continentales de fondules barrés, calculée à l’aide de la technique du polygone minimum convexe, est estimée à 1 508 000 km2 alors que la zone d’occupation, calculée à l’aide de **quadra** de 1 km par 1 km, est estimée à 12 000 km2
fondule barré = banded killifish
zone d’occurrence = extent of occurrence
zone d'occupation = area of occupancy
Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 2 +1 | quadrat |
Jean-Louis S.
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| 4 +1 | quadrant here (or square area) |
Drmanu49
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| 4 | (square) grid |
Anton Konashenok
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References
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Proposed translations
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Jean-Louis S.
United States
United States
Native in French
United States
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Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, African)
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quadrat
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http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/glossaire/index.php?p=definitio...
quadrats
désigne une aire de forme carrée et de surface préalablement déterminée qui sert de base à l’échantillonnage dans les recherches écologiques sur les biocénoses.
Méthode des quadrats : désigne la méthode consistant à répartir par tirage aléatoire les quadrats dans lesquels seront faits les prélèvements de flore ou de faune à la surface du biotope étudié.
http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/os/bysea-enmer/glossary-glossai...
QUADRAT (quadrat):
carré ou cercle (mesure standard d'un mètre) placé au sol pour le dénombrement et l'identification de toutes les plantes à l'intérieur de cette superficie. Voir transect.
GDT
quadrat = quadrat
Définition :
A small, clearly demarcated, sample area of known size on which ecological observations are made.
Note(s) :
(1) The term was originally applied to square areas, but now frequently to rectangles and even circles. (2) The area is generally a square decimetre, a square metre or a milacre.
http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/glossaire/index.php?p=definitio...
quadrats
désigne une aire de forme carrée et de surface préalablement déterminée qui sert de base à l’échantillonnage dans les recherches écologiques sur les biocénoses.
Méthode des quadrats : désigne la méthode consistant à répartir par tirage aléatoire les quadrats dans lesquels seront faits les prélèvements de flore ou de faune à la surface du biotope étudié.
http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/os/bysea-enmer/glossary-glossai...
QUADRAT (quadrat):
carré ou cercle (mesure standard d'un mètre) placé au sol pour le dénombrement et l'identification de toutes les plantes à l'intérieur de cette superficie. Voir transect.
GDT
quadrat = quadrat
Définition :
A small, clearly demarcated, sample area of known size on which ecological observations are made.
Note(s) :
(1) The term was originally applied to square areas, but now frequently to rectangles and even circles. (2) The area is generally a square decimetre, a square metre or a milacre.
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Merci Bourth!
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Anton Konashenok
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Czech Republic
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Czech Republic
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Works in: French to English, Czech to English, Danish to English, and 10 more.
(square) grid
...calculated using a 1 km x 1 km grid...
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1 min
quadrant here (or square area)
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Note added at 27 mins (2008-10-19 00:23:35 GMT)
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method of separation for various areas.
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Note added at 27 mins (2008-10-19 00:23:35 GMT)
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method of separation for various areas.
Reference comments
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Reference:
quadrat
quadrat - A sampling area, often 1 metre square, used in studying the composition of an area of vegetation. The area is usually defined by a frame, sometimes subdivided by fine wires, laid on the ground. See also DOMIN SCALE,; QUADRAT, MAJOR; QUADRAT METHOD
quadrat, major. A QUADRAT that includes all the more important species, as well as a number of the less important ones.
quadrat method. A method for the intensive study of an environment within a circumscribed are in order to gain a comprehensive knowledge of the wider area. It involves the laying down of QUADRATS and examining closely the species within them.
[Macmillan Dictionary of the Environment]
quadrat, major. A QUADRAT that includes all the more important species, as well as a number of the less important ones.
quadrat method. A method for the intensive study of an environment within a circumscribed are in order to gain a comprehensive knowledge of the wider area. It involves the laying down of QUADRATS and examining closely the species within them.
[Macmillan Dictionary of the Environment]
Discussion
Merriam-Webster: a small usually rectangular plot laid off (as in a forest, range, pasture, or cultivated field) for the study of vegetation or animals
AOO = Area of Occupancy, constitutes a count of grid cells (3 × 3 km) where the species occurs multiplied by 9 km2
http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/passiflora/conservation_...