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ZONACION [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Écologie (Généralités)
OBS

zonation : Classement en fonction de la répartition verticale des plans horizontaux, des espèces animales et végétales sous l'influence de facteurs physiques et chimiques du milieu, comme la lumière, la pression, l'humidité, l'agitation de l'eau, la température, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

Clasificación especial del océano de acuerdo a la profundidad (supralitoral, mesolitoral, infralitoral, circalitoral, batial, abisal y hadal) y a la distancia desde la costa (litoral, plataforma o nerítica, batipelágica, pelágica o mar abierto).

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Record 2 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Biogeography
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Merriam (1890) recognized that increases in elevation generally result in vegetation changes similar to those found when travelling north in the Northern Hemisphere at the same elevation, and this is the basis of his life zone classification.

CONT

The distribution of plant species into zones in response to some habitat condition such as salinity or moisture.

OBS

zone classification: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Biogéographie
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Répartition verticale du milieu et des peuplements marins en bandes successives dénommées zones, en fonction de critères physiques : lumière, pression, humidité, température, agitation de l'eau [...]

CONT

[...] citons ici la zonation végétale du Bodensee [...] les zones de végétation littorales sont parfois envahies par des plantes flottantes [...]

OBS

La zonation désigne la classification en zones.

OBS

classification des zones : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Biogeografía
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 3 2004-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biogeography
CONT

Extreme differences of soil types, vertical zonation and general topography in B.C. make it difficult ... to recommend forage crops suitable for large areas ... (Canada Agriculture, Winter 73)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biogéographie
OBS

Zonation des sols et de leur végétation en fonction de l'altitude. Paul Lajoie, Classement et genèse, Institut de recherches sur les sols.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biogeografía
DEF

Distribución de la vegetación en pisos en función de la altitud.

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