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Canopy

Portuguese translation: Copa (das árvores)

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English term or phrase:Canopy
Portuguese translation:Copa (das árvores)
Entered by: ecoelho

15:28 Mar 8, 2005
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Botany
English term or phrase: Canopy
The rainforest canopy is the last biological frontier on earth
Isabel Pinto
Local time: 11:58
copa (das árvores)
Explanation:
Creio ser este o termo mais comum em PT-PT. Mais uma opção.
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ecoelho
Local time: 11:58
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Obrigada
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4dossel
Cristina Gridi-Papp
5 +1cobertura/proteção
Clauwolf
4copa (das árvores)
ecoelho
3coberto florestal
ahartje


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
canopy
dossel


Explanation:
em biologia

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-03-08 15:37:14 GMT)
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Merriam-Webster: the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest

www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-abstract& issn=0004-8038&volume=121&issue=01&page=0088
STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF CANOPY BIRD ASSEMBLAGES IN CENTRAL ...
... trófica da assembléia de aves que habitam o dossel da floresta na região de
... destas espécies ocorreu em números muito baixos no dossel da floresta, ...

lba.cptec.inpe.br/lba/ port/documentos/projetos/LC-14.pdf
[PDF] Efeito da seca prolongada na Amazônia: quando a floresta torna-se ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... A estrutura física do dossel da floresta tem sido. bastante tolerante ao
aumento do estresse ... folhas no dossel da floresta está sendo avaliada ...

Cristina Gridi-Papp
Local time: 07:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clauwolf: no Brasil também
17 mins
agree  Henrique Serra: e provavelmente em Carapicuíba também...
39 mins
agree  Carlos Angelo: Do Houaiss: dossel - cobertura contínua, formada pelas copas das árvores que se tocam em uma floresta, alameda, rua etc.
3 hrs
agree  Susanne Rindlisbacher
7 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
canopy
cobertura/proteção


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 12 mins (2005-03-08 15:40:49 GMT)
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Ou ainda: \"camada superior\":
Canopy =
5. The uppermost layer in a forest, formed by the crowns of the trees. Also called crown canopy. (Heritage)

Clauwolf
Local time: 07:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Transl8IT: esta é a forma mais coloquial para PT-PT
18 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
canopy
coberto florestal


Explanation:
Diz o eurodicautom:
Subject Agriculture - Food Industry - Livestock Industry - Fisheries - Bio-industry (AG)



Definition the more or less continuous cover of branches and foliage formed collectively by the crowns of adjacent trees and other woody growth

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters
(1)
TERM canopy

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters

Note {DOM} forestry management
{GRM} n.
{NTE} layers of canopy may be distinguished
(2)
TERM crown canopy

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters

Note {DOM} forestry management
{GRM} n.p.
{NTE} layers of canopy may be distinguished
(3)
TERM leaf canopy

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters

Note {DOM} forestry management
{GRM} n.p.
{NTE} layers of canopy may be distinguished
(4)
TERM tree canopy

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters

Note {DOM} forestry management
{GRM} n.p.
{NTE} layers of canopy may be distinguished
(5)
TERM canopy cover

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters

Note {DOM} forestry management
{GRM} n.p.
{NTE} layers of canopy may be distinguished
(6)
TERM forest canopy

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters

Note {DOM} forestry management
{GRM} n.p.
{NTE} layers of canopy may be distinguished
(7)
TERM crown cover

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters

Note {DOM} forestry management
{GRM} n.p.
{NTE} layers of canopy may be distinguished
{USG} deprecated term
(8)
TERM tree cover

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters

Note {DOM} forestry management
{GRM} n.p.
{NTE} layers of canopy may be distinguished
{USG} deprecated term



(1)
TERM coberto florestal

Reference p.U.A.e Departamento de Engenharia Florestal(UTL/ISA)



ahartje
Portugal
Local time: 11:58
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
canopy
copa (das árvores)


Explanation:
Creio ser este o termo mais comum em PT-PT. Mais uma opção.

ecoelho
Local time: 11:58
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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