proxies

Portuguese translation: indicadores substitutivos

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English term or phrase:proxies
Portuguese translation:indicadores substitutivos
Entered by: Iara Fino Silva

18:38 Apr 29, 2013
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology / livro Biogeografia da Con
English term or phrase: proxies
Environmental proxies (including fossil pollen, stable isotopes, macro-fossils and charcoal), as well as historical records, photographs and archaeological data, can reveal how communities have responded to environmental change over thousands of years (e.g. Hunter et aI., 1988; Birles, ]996; Landres et al.. 1999; Swetnam et aI., ] 999).
Iara Fino Silva
Local time: 10:55
indicadores substitutivos
Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt)...
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 14:55
Grading comment
Obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1estudos / análises
Vítor Cortes
4 +1indicadores substitutivos
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4reflexos, representações, indicadores
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
3substitutos
Clauwolf


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
substitutos


Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 10:55
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 58
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reflexos, representações, indicadores


Explanation:
reflexos do meio ambiente
representações do meio ambiente
indicadores do meio ambiente

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 15:55
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Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
estudos / análises


Explanation:
Referência: "Lake and ocean sediments

"Measure study of the layers of varve (deposited fine and coarse silt or clay) laminating lake sediments. Lake varves are primarily influenced by:
- Summer temperature, which shows the energy available to melt seasonal snow and ice;
- Winter snowfall, which determines the level of disturbance to sediments when melting occurs;
Rainfall."

Vítor Cortes
Portugal
Local time: 14:55
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
18 mins

agree  Claudio Mazotti: faz mais sentido
30 mins

disagree  Mauro Lando: sorry, das várisa conotações de proxy nenhuma passa por esta resposta
55 mins
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
indicadores substitutivos


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt)...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 14:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 111
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mauro Lando: proxy tem um grande numero de conotações -(vejam "war by proxy") eu acho neste caso esta resposta a melhor.
21 mins
  -> Obrigada, Mauro!
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