Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

vegetación tipo varillal

English translation:

white sand vegetation/white-sand vegetation

Added to glossary by liz askew
Jul 25, 2009 18:12
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term

vegetación tipo varillal

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Environment & Ecology
- Se evitará el cambio de las condiciones de drenaje y mezcla de los componentes del suelo (por ejemplo en las colinas donde las cimas presenten *vegetación tipo varillal*). Así, se evitará mezclar el suelo: la materia orgánica, con la arcilla (depositada a lo largo de los años) y la arena blanca que se encuentra a mayor profundidad.
Proposed translations (English)
2 +1 white-sand vegetation
Change log

Jul 28, 2009 13:03: liz askew Created KOG entry

Discussion

BDT (asker) Jul 25, 2009:
Peru
Rachel Fell Jul 25, 2009:
? Which country is this about?

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white-sand vegetation

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CLASIFICACIÓN DE BOSQUES SOBRE ARENA BLANCA DE LA ZONA RESERVADA ...
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que ayude en el manejo y la conservación de este tipo de vegetación, ..... abundancia, y por lo tanto, es un buen indicador de ese tipo de varillal. .... forest structure, physiognomy and floristic, and control by soil factors. ...
www.siamazonia.org.pe/rnam/.../Páginas de folia14-2.pdf - Similar
by RG Villacorta - Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 2 versions
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LA DIVERSIDAD BIOLÓGICA DE LA ZONA RESERVADA ALLPAHUAYO - MISHANA ...
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species was found in forest on clay soil, with 34 species, contrasting with ...... hábitat, basados en criterios geológicos y de vegetación, en la Zona Reservada .... en las formaciones tipo varillal. El muestreo se realizó diariamente, ...
www.siamazonia.org.pe/rnam/.../Páginas de folia14-5.pdf - Similar
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BTW

Seems the inclusion/exclusion of the hyphen is debatable.

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Anderson, A.B. (1981) White-sand vegetation of Brazilian Ama- zonia. Biotropica 13, 199–210. Freeland, W.J., Calcott, P.H. & Geiss, ...
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Contributions of woody and herbaceous vegetation to tropical ...
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White-sand vegetation of Brazilian Amazonia. Biotropica 13:199–210. Anderson, gd and lm Talbot. 1965. Soil factors affecting the dis- ...
www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/groups/trobit/Lloyd2008.pdf - Similar
by J Lloyd - 2008 - Cited by 4 - Related articles - All 6 versions
Peer comment(s):

agree Rachel Fell : maybe no hyphen - white sand vegetation - will add refs. sep'ly
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Liz!"

Reference comments

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Reference:

white sand

various refs. here but can't copy much -
White-Sand Vegetation of Brazilian Amazonia, by Anthony B. Anderson
http://www.jstor.org/pss/2388125

Organisms Diversity & Evolution : Amazonian lowland, white sand ...
P. coronata, another white sand endemic, is known from Loreto, Peru, .... Anderson, 1981 A.B. Anderson, White-sand vegetation of Brazilian Amazonia, ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1439609207000530 - Similar
by CL Frasier - 2008


LOCALITY AND METHODS
The observations were conducted at Campamento
Camani (formerly called Junglaven Lodge)
on the upper Rio Ventuari, Territorio Federal
Amazonas, Venezuela (- 5” 08’N, 66” 1 S’W; 200
meters; Fig. 1). The locality is an area of mixed
seasonally flooded varzea forest, white-sand
woodland, open white-sand savanna, and terra
firma forest. Over 300 species of birds have been
observed at this site (Zimmer and Hilty, unpubl.
data).
more here:
http://www.yale.edu/eeb/prum/pdf/Prum_etal_1996.pdf

Species poor but distinct: bird assemblages in white sand vegetation in Jaú National Park, Brazilian Amazon

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118753368/abstrac...

A new species of gnatcatcher from white-sand forests of northern ...
... Percnostola arenarum) and several others previously unknown from Peru in ... ... of occurrence in the various white-sand forest types in this region. ...
www.accessmylibrary.com/.../summary_0286-9834090_ITM

Eagle-Eye Tours Northern Peru
White Sand Forests are a unique ecosystem where extremely poor soil has been ... these woodlands are confined to semi-arid habitats in northwestern Peru and ...
www.eagle-eye.com/Locations/Peru_Northern.html

white sand veg. seems to occur in various Am.countries, I noticed when looking
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree liz askew : Thanks! I have put both "white sand" and "white-sand" :-) in the glossary
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