zonas perturbadas

English translation: disturbed areas

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Spanish term or phrase:zonas perturbadas
English translation:disturbed areas
Entered by: Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)

03:59 Oct 11, 2006
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Science - Zoology
Spanish term or phrase: zonas perturbadas
Es común encontrar esta especie de alacrán en zonas perturbadas, como son áreas agrícolas y pastizales, así como áreas urbanas.

I know perfectly well what this means (land impacted by human activity) but can't think of a tidy way to say it. Any ideas? Thanks!
Michelle Temple
Canada
Local time: 01:48
disturbed areas
Explanation:
There are lots & lots of references:

EPA > Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) > MMGI > Chapter ...
It is intended to apply to all disturbed areas resulting from harvesting, ... Lickwar (1989) compared the costs for revegetation of disturbed areas for ...
www.epa.gov/nps/MMGI/Chapter3/ch3-2h.html - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

ScienceDaily: Weeds In Disturbed Areas May Be Source Of More ...
Conservationists have long pointed out that primary tropical rainforests may have dramatic value because of important and undiscovered medicinal plants.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010316073300.htm - 85k - Cached - Similar pages

Recolonization dynamics in areas disturbed by bottom fishing gears
... and investigation of the short and medium-term(dredge: 60 days,'rapido': 15 days) progression of the recolonization processes in the disturbed areas. ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1717099 - Similar pages

Heathland dynamics in biotically disturbed areas: on the role of ...
Heathland dynamics in biotically disturbed areas: on the role of some features enhancing heath success. Rosa-Maria CANALS, Maria-Teresa SEBASTIA ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14007312 - Similar pages
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Grasslands and Disturbed Areas
Dry Grasslands or Disturbed Areas. For larger images and additional information click on the thumbnail images or species epithets. Podaxis pistillaris ...
www.mycena.sfsu.edu/pages/hawaiian/Grasslands/Dry_grassland... - 2k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 27 mins (2006-10-11 04:26:19 GMT)
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Owners Take Notice: Maine’s Revised Stormwater Management Law
Disturbed area is defined as all land areas that are stripped, graded, grubbed, filled or excavated at any time during the site preparation or removing ...
www.stormwaterauthority.org/library/view_article.aspx?id=47... - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
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4 +3disturbed areas
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
4 +1disturbed areas
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
disturbed areas


Explanation:
There are lots & lots of references:

EPA > Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) > MMGI > Chapter ...
It is intended to apply to all disturbed areas resulting from harvesting, ... Lickwar (1989) compared the costs for revegetation of disturbed areas for ...
www.epa.gov/nps/MMGI/Chapter3/ch3-2h.html - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

ScienceDaily: Weeds In Disturbed Areas May Be Source Of More ...
Conservationists have long pointed out that primary tropical rainforests may have dramatic value because of important and undiscovered medicinal plants.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010316073300.htm - 85k - Cached - Similar pages

Recolonization dynamics in areas disturbed by bottom fishing gears
... and investigation of the short and medium-term(dredge: 60 days,'rapido': 15 days) progression of the recolonization processes in the disturbed areas. ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1717099 - Similar pages

Heathland dynamics in biotically disturbed areas: on the role of ...
Heathland dynamics in biotically disturbed areas: on the role of some features enhancing heath success. Rosa-Maria CANALS, Maria-Teresa SEBASTIA ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14007312 - Similar pages
[ More results from cat.inist.fr ]

Grasslands and Disturbed Areas
Dry Grasslands or Disturbed Areas. For larger images and additional information click on the thumbnail images or species epithets. Podaxis pistillaris ...
www.mycena.sfsu.edu/pages/hawaiian/Grasslands/Dry_grassland... - 2k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 27 mins (2006-10-11 04:26:19 GMT)
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Owners Take Notice: Maine’s Revised Stormwater Management Law
Disturbed area is defined as all land areas that are stripped, graded, grubbed, filled or excavated at any time during the site preparation or removing ...
www.stormwaterauthority.org/library/view_article.aspx?id=47... - 28k - Cached - Similar pages

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
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agree  P Forgas
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agree  Henry Hinds
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agree  Rachel Fell
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
disturbed areas


Explanation:
This seems to be the techical term used by ecologists; see http://tinyurl.com/znlq7

See also http://tinyurl.com/kms7z ; a Spanish text referencing Pickett and White's terminology uses "perturbado": e.g.
http://www.ine.gob.mx/ueajei/publicaciones/libros/395/vega_p...


Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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