sobre un mismo pie
English translation: (taking the readings) every two paces / steps (the same foot each time)
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| 4 +3 | (taking the readings) every two paces / steps (the same foot each time) |
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peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3(taking the readings) every two paces / steps (the same foot each time) Explanation: The point is that with this method, known in English as step point transect or walking transect, you walk along a line and record the presence or absence of cover every two steps or paces, at the tip of your foot. Being every other step, it's always the same foot. In English descriptions of the method they tend to say "every two steps" or "every two paces" rather than "on the same foot", so I'd suggest you do that, but I think you could add "the same foot each time" for clarity. Here's a relevant extract from a detailed description of the method in Spanish: "MÉTODO DE TRANSECCIÓN AL PASO d) Contando con el formato confeccionado, se puede iniciar la demarcación de los transectos, los cuales constan de 100 pasos dobles, en los que, en cada paso doble, se identifica una especie, un espacio desnudo, una roca o agua, que coincide con una muesca en el zapato con el cual se ha iniciado el transecto o también con un anillo censador (que consta de un anillo de 2 cm de diámetro, soldado a una varilla perpendicularmente), en cuyo interior deberían coincidir los elementos antes mencionados." Wilber García Vera et al., Manual del técnico alpaquero, págs. 81-82. http://books.google.es/books?id=1-7X3bNGckQC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA8... And in English: "2. Step point transect Step point transects are a rapid method for quantifying soil cover and the potential for erosion. [...] For each step point transect, at the beginning point, select a point in the distance along the direction utilized in the photo point landscape photo. Every two paces, record the presence or absence of cover at the tip of one boot. If cover is present, record whether the cover is vegetation, rock, or litter. Otherwise, record as bare ground." ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/ID/programs/csp/activity_sheet... "Circular 0.25 m2 hoops were placed at each location and all current-year herbage within the hoop was clipped, weighed, and saved for weighing again when dry. [...] At each predetermined point the observer walked in a straight line perpendicular to the transect line and placed a 20x20 cm quadrat frame every two steps, centered on his/her toe to prevent bias. Upon placing the frame on the ground, three species within the frame were identified and ranked by dry weight (one, two, or three from the comparative yield plots)." http://www.weedcenter.org/mrwc/cig/documents/CIG_Data Collec... "This procedure involves pacing off two paths of about 300 feet in length (50 samples each) on opposite sides of the creek in the green, riparian area and sampling the stubble height every other pace (about six feet) at the toe of the sampler’s boot (the same foot each time)." http://www.westernwatersheds.org/watmess/watmess_1996/watmes... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2013-01-07 00:12:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I'm very glad! |
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