quadra

English translation: quadrat

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French term or phrase:quadra
English translation:quadrat
Entered by: Hattie Hill

23:56 Oct 18, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Geography / calculating a fish's area of occupancy
French term or phrase: quadra
Hi all,

This is from a document in Canadian French about the banded killifish. This specific sentence is about calculated the fish's area of occupancy using "quadra." I've never seen this term before and am having a hard time. Any ideas?? I think it involves quadrature....

La zone d’occurrence canadienne des populations continentales de fondules barrés, calculée à l’aide de la technique du polygone minimum convexe, est estimée à 1 508 000 km2 alors que la zone d’occupation, calculée à l’aide de **quadra** de 1 km par 1 km, est estimée à 12 000 km2

fondule barré = banded killifish
zone d’occurrence = extent of occurrence
zone d'occupation = area of occupancy

Thanks!
Hattie Hill
Local time: 20:35
quadrat
Explanation:
Missing a 't'?

http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/glossaire/index.php?p=definitio...
quadrats
désigne une aire de forme carrée et de surface préalablement déterminée qui sert de base à l’échantillonnage dans les recherches écologiques sur les biocénoses.
Méthode des quadrats : désigne la méthode consistant à répartir par tirage aléatoire les quadrats dans lesquels seront faits les prélèvements de flore ou de faune à la surface du biotope étudié.

http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/os/bysea-enmer/glossary-glossai...
QUADRAT (quadrat):
carré ou cercle (mesure standard d'un mètre) placé au sol pour le dénombrement et l'identification de toutes les plantes à l'intérieur de cette superficie. Voir transect.

GDT
quadrat = quadrat
Définition :
A small, clearly demarcated, sample area of known size on which ecological observations are made.
Note(s) :
(1) The term was originally applied to square areas, but now frequently to rectangles and even circles. (2) The area is generally a square decimetre, a square metre or a milacre.
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Jean-Louis S.
United States
Local time: 20:35
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Merci beaucoup
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4 +1quadrant here (or square area)
Drmanu49
4(square) grid
Anton Konashenok
2 +1quadrat
Jean-Louis S.
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quadrat
Bourth (X)

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(square) grid


Explanation:
...calculated using a 1 km x 1 km grid...

Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
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quadrant here (or square area)


Explanation:
IMO

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Note added at 27 mins (2008-10-19 00:23:35 GMT)
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method of separation for various areas.

Drmanu49
France
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agree  Subodh Jangid: C'est le quart du méridien terrestre.
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quadrat


Explanation:
Missing a 't'?

http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/glossaire/index.php?p=definitio...
quadrats
désigne une aire de forme carrée et de surface préalablement déterminée qui sert de base à l’échantillonnage dans les recherches écologiques sur les biocénoses.
Méthode des quadrats : désigne la méthode consistant à répartir par tirage aléatoire les quadrats dans lesquels seront faits les prélèvements de flore ou de faune à la surface du biotope étudié.

http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/os/bysea-enmer/glossary-glossai...
QUADRAT (quadrat):
carré ou cercle (mesure standard d'un mètre) placé au sol pour le dénombrement et l'identification de toutes les plantes à l'intérieur de cette superficie. Voir transect.

GDT
quadrat = quadrat
Définition :
A small, clearly demarcated, sample area of known size on which ecological observations are made.
Note(s) :
(1) The term was originally applied to square areas, but now frequently to rectangles and even circles. (2) The area is generally a square decimetre, a square metre or a milacre.


Jean-Louis S.
United States
Local time: 20:35
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Merci beaucoup

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agree  Bourth (X): More below
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Reference comments


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Reference: quadrat

Reference information:
quadrat - A sampling area, often 1 metre square, used in studying the composition of an area of vegetation. The area is usually defined by a frame, sometimes subdivided by fine wires, laid on the ground. See also DOMIN SCALE,; QUADRAT, MAJOR; QUADRAT METHOD

quadrat, major. A QUADRAT that includes all the more important species, as well as a number of the less important ones.

quadrat method. A method for the intensive study of an environment within a circumscribed are in order to gain a comprehensive knowledge of the wider area. It involves the laying down of QUADRATS and examining closely the species within them.
[Macmillan Dictionary of the Environment]

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