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ANTHROPOZOIC [2 records]

Record 1 2010-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
  • Paleontology
DEF

Characterized by human existence, especially in the Quaternary period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Se dit de l'ère quaternaire, caractérisée par l'apparition de l'homme.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

During the last decades, the combination of an exponentially growing anthropozoic pressure (human and livestock populations) on the land, with prolonged drought periods has resulted in crop expansion over rangelands, a reduction of length of the fallow periods and severe degradation of savannahs in the Sahel zone (Le Houérou, 1989).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Se dit de facteurs ou d'influences biotiques sous la dépendance de l'homme et des animaux domestiques.

CONT

La garrigue provient de la dégradation anthropozoïque de la chênaie primitive (coupes abusives, pâture, incendies répétés).

Key term(s)
  • facteur anthropozoïque
  • facteurs anthropozoïques

Spanish

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