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MESIQUE [12 records]

Record 1 2021-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

Soil of the organic order.

OBS

mesic humisol; ME.H: designations used in the Canadian System of Soil Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Sol de l'ordre organique.

OBS

humisol mésique; H.ME : désignations employées dans le Système canadien de classification des sols.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

Soil of the organic order.

OBS

terric mesic humisol; TME.H: designations used in the Canadian System of Soil Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Sol de l'ordre organique.

OBS

humisol mésique terrique; H.METE : désignations employées dans le Système canadien de classification des sols.

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

A soil of the organic order.

OBS

mesic fibrisol; ME.F: designations used in the Canadian System of Soil Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Sol de l'ordre organique.

OBS

fibrisol mésique; F.ME : désignations employées dans le Système canadien de classification des sols.

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

A soil of the organic order.

OBS

terric mesic fibrisol; TME.F: designations used in the Canadian System of Soil Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Sol de l'ordre organique.

OBS

fibrisol mésique terrique; F.METE : désignations employées dans le Système canadien de classification des sols.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

A soil of the cryosolic order.

OBS

terric mesic organic cryosol; TME.OC: designations used in the Canadian System of Soil Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Sol de l'ordre cryosolique.

OBS

cryosol organique mésique terrique; CROR.METE : désignations employées dans le Système canadien de classification des sols.

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

A soil of the cryosolic order.

OBS

mesic organic cryosol; ME.OC: designations used in the Canadian System of Soil Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Sol de l'ordre cryosolique.

OBS

cryosol organique mésique; CROR.ME : désignations employées dans le Système canadien de classification des sols.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
OBS

mesic atom: An atom in which one of the electrons is replaced by a negative muon or meson orbiting close to or within the nucleus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Qui est relatif au méson.

OBS

méson: Particule de masse intermédiaire (entre celle de l'électron et celle du proton).

CONT

Champ mésonique.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
DEF

Pertaining to environments and habitats with a moderate degree of moisture in the soil (i.e. neither hydric or xeric).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Qualifie les milieux et les habitats où l'humidité du sol est moyenne, c'est-à-dire ni très forte (hydrique), ni très faible (xérique).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecosistemas
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Record 9 2011-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Mesic prairies are found mostly south of the slough, although small communities are also present at: the north end of the slough, on the north side of the slough east of Chief's Road, and along the west side of Chief's Road.

OBS

mesic prairie: term used by Environment Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Prairie mésique maintenue par le feu; contient un assemblage de grandes herbes telles que Androgon gerardii, Sorgastrum nutans et Panicum virgatum, ainsi que divers autres espèces.

OBS

prairie mésique : terme en usage à Environnement Canada.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Silviculture
DEF

A sloping forest land type characterized by, or adapted to a moderately moist habitat.

CONT

Within this unglaciated area of southeastern Ohio, the majority of the landscape comprises moderately to steeply sloping terrain. Quercus dominated dry and dry-mesic ridgetops and slopes, while "Liriodendron tulipifera" L. and "Acer saccharum" Marsh. dominated mesic slopes and wet-mesic ravine bottoms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Terrain forestier en pente se caractérisant par un habitat modérément humide ou qui est adapté à ce dernier.

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Soil Science

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Science du sol

Spanish

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Record 12 1980-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

A layer of organic material at a stage of decomposition between that of the fibric and humic layers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Couche de matières organiques parvenue à un stade de décomposition situé entre ceux des couches fibrique et humique.

Spanish

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