Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

fauna fossoria

English translation:

fossorial fauna

Added to glossary by Mirra_
Aug 20, 2008 16:45
15 yrs ago
Italian term

fauna fossoria

Italian to English Science Zoology marine zoology
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.
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Sep 3, 2008 11:56: Mirra_ Created KOG entry

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fossorial fauna (animals/organisms

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=
Peer comment(s):

agree vale87
19 mins
grazie molte! :))
agree Dana Rinaldi : :)
1 hr
grazie! :))
agree ozzi
13 hrs
grazie!! :))
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underground (and burrowing) animals

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burrow-dwelling fauna/animals

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...

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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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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...
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