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Specialty Definition: ECOTONE

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Administration(1) 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. (2) A transition line or strip of vegetation between two communities, having characteristics of both kinds of neighboring vegetation as well as characteristics of its own. (references)
AgricultureA zone of transition between two well-defined vegetated areas. (references)
Environment1: 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. (references)
 2: A transition zone between different habitat types, such as the area between meadows and California black oak woodlands. (references)
ForestryA transition area between two adjacent ecological communities usually exhibiting competition between organisms common to both. A relatively small inclusion of a different ecological community due to a subtle change in soil or aspect (for example). (references)
Geology1: The transition zone between two biotic communities, such as between the Ponderosa pine forest type and the mixed conifer forest, which is found at higher elevations than the pine. (references)
 2: The boundary or transitional zone between adjacent communities containing the characteristic species of each, such as the edge of a woodland next to a field or lawn. (references)
WikipedicAn ecotone is a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems). It may appear on the ground as a gradual blending of the two communities across a broad area, or it may manifest itself as a sharp boundary line. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Ecotone (alternative meanings)


Ecotone

Ecotone may refer to:

  • Ecotone, transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems)
  • Ecotone (journal), Ecotone: Reimagining Place, literary journal published at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
  • Ecotone (Six Feet Under episode), the title of Episode 509 of Six Feet Under.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Ecotone (disambiguation)". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: ECOTONE

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Ecotone (alternative meanings)2   Ecotone (journal)3

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