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fauna fossoria

English translation: fossorial fauna

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Italian term or phrase:fauna fossoria
English translation:fossorial fauna
Entered by: Mirra_

16:45 Aug 20, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / marine zoology
Italian term or phrase: fauna fossoria
I'm at a loss. Fauna living in ditches? Full sentence below. grazie
Il settore orientale è quello che mostra le comunità meno strutturate, probabilmente a causa del substrato prevalentemente sabbioso e fangoso, colonizzato quasi esclusivamente da una fauna fossoria.
nyteck
Italy
Local time: 00:16
fossorial fauna (animals/organisms
Explanation:
si dice proprio così :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossorial

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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-08-21 00:35:53 GMT)
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ah just in case you would be not so convinced... :)

http://www.google.it/search?q=fossorial&btnG=Cerca&meta=lr=
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Mirra_
Italy
Local time: 00:16
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3fossorial fauna (animals/organisms
Mirra_
3underground (and burrowing) animals
Shera Lyn Parpia
3burrow-dwelling fauna/animals
Rachel Fell


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
underground (and burrowing) animals


Explanation:
I think this is what it means.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/Underground.shtml

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 00:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fossorial fauna (animals/organisms


Explanation:
si dice proprio così :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossorial

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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-08-21 00:35:53 GMT)
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ah just in case you would be not so convinced... :)

http://www.google.it/search?q=fossorial&btnG=Cerca&meta=lr=

Mirra_
Italy
Local time: 00:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
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agree  vale87
19 mins
  -> grazie molte! :))
agree  Dana Rinaldi: :)
1 hr
  -> grazie! :))
agree  ozzi
13 hrs
  -> grazie!! :))
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
burrow-dwelling fauna/animals


Explanation:
I think this is what would usually be used in Eng.

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review - Google Books Result
by Gibson, R. N. Gibson, R. J. A. Atkinson, J. D ... - 2005 - Science - 584 pages
Kristensen (2000) regards burrow-dwelling fauna to be of major importance in controlling organic matter diagenesis in sediments, but signals that much is ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0849335973...

[PDF]
9237 Sustainable Supply REPORT.qxp
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burrow dwelling fauna are capable of. repairing their burrows after the. passage of towed gear over the. sediments. Clyde fishermen have been ...
www.gla.ac.uk/centres/marinestation/CFDP/report/10_Review.p...

Activity patterns in small mammals: An Ecological Approach - Google Books Result
by S. (Stefan) Halle, Nils Chr Stenseth - 2000 - 320 pages
... under natural conditions, pups of this age most likely are never directly exposed to the prevailing photocycle because they are burrow-dwelling animals. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=354059244X...

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The Cheyenne - Google Books Result
by John H. Moore - 1996 - History - 342 pages
The burrow-dwelling animals especially include badgers and prairie dogs, while the cave-dwellers especially include bears and buffaloes. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0631218629...
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PII S0016703799003750

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Note added at 1 day15 hrs (2008-08-22 07:57:39 GMT)
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The size of amphipod dwellings was positively correlated with their body size, with large individuals of the burrow-dwelling L. pinguis and C. bigelowi inhabiting deeper burrows. The survival rates of adult females of L. pinguis and C. bigelowi exposed to sand shrimp (Crangon septemspinosa) predators were very high, while those of D. monacanthus females were relatively low.


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T...

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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