Look up: ecotone

1. Ecotone
   A habitat created by the juxtaposition of distinctly different habitats; an edge habitat; or an ecological zone or boundary where two or more ecosystems meet.
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2. Ecotone
   Transition zone between two diverse communities (e.g. the tundra-boreal forest ecotone).
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3. ecotone
   the transition zone between two adjoining communities Category: Botany and zoology
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4. ecotone
   A transition area between two distinct habitats, where the ranges of the organisms in each bordering habitat overlap, and where there are organisms unique to the transition area. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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5. ecotone
   a transition area of vegetation between two different plant communities, such as forest and grassland. It has some of the characteristics of each ... [3 related articles]
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6. ecotone
   ecotone 1. In ecology, a transition zone between two distinct habitats that contains species from each area, as well as organisms unique to it. 2. In anthropology, such an area of transition in which certain game or vegetation overlap; a region of primary importance for human subsistence. An ecoton...
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7. Ecotone
   Boundary zone between two unique community types.
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8. Ecotone
   a habitat created by the juxtaposition of distinctly different habitats; an edge habitat; a zone of transition between habitat types (Ricklefs 1970:869) or adjacent ecological systems having a set of characteristics uniquely defined by space and time scales and by the strength of the interactions (Hansen and diCastri 1990:6) (see Boundary).
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9. ECOTONE
   An edge; a transitional area between two habitat types, or between successional stages of a single habitat type.
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10. ecotone
    (Gk: oikos house; teino to stretch; ) a landscape boundary which exists between two or more adjacent communities or habitats, also known as edge.
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11. Ecotone
    An `ecotone` is a transition area between two adjacent but different publisher=University of North Carolina-->--> It may be narrow or wide, and it may be local (the zone between a field and forest) or regional (the transition between forest and grassland ecosystems).<ref name=smith>--> An ecotone...
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