ourlets de terre
English translation: mounds of earth
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| 15:47 Feb 1, 2013 |
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|  Selected response from: Claire Cox United Kingdom Local time: 15:11 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | ridges and mounds (technique) |
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| 4 | earth field margins |
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| 5 -2 | the slopes |
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| 2 +1 | mounds of earth |
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| 2 | ridges |
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| bands rather than mounds? |
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ridges Explanation: billon = ridge |
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earth field margins Explanation: 'Billons' can be translated as 'ridges' ('ridged field margins'?). cf. Termium. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2013-02-01 16:11:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Field margins were the scarcest but the most positively selected habitat, and different stages of cereals cultivated following traditional practices were selected depending on the breeding and agriculture cycles. Effects of irrigation were dual. While irrigated maize and other crop types were avoided, alfalfa was used in proportion to its availability and later highly selected after harvesting. Moreover, field margins in irrigated land were selected in a similar way than in traditional dry farmland. Therefore, although maintaining low-intensity farming is still the main recommendation for this species, new management options arise when social pressure makes irrigation unavoidable. Further agri-environmental schemes in these circumstances should thus promote cultivation of alfalfa with a low input of biocides while avoiding maize, together with increasing field margins, to make compatible irrigation with lesser kestrel conservation." http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/57749?locale=en "Arable field margins" http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/biodiv... |
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25 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -2
peer agreement (net): -2the slopes Explanation: I'd define like this! |
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| Reference: bands rather than mounds? Reference information: In this (Swiss) source, it would appear that 'ourlets' in this context may be elongated, like the 'billons' associated with ploughed furrows. http://www.srva.ch/scripts/publications/info.php?id=300 excerpt: "L'ourlet riche en espèces: Habitat précieux et élément de réseau parmi les cultures (Les ourlets sont des bandes extensives de végétation herbacée situées le long de terres ouvertes, de surfaces herbagères permanentes ou de cultures pérennes. Ils peuvent avoir un aspect similaire aux ourlets naturels qui se développent le long des cours d'eau et des lisières de forêt. Avant d'être ensemencées, les surfaces doivent avoir été utilisées comme terres assolées ou pour des cultures pérennes...)." |
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