| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| 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) | ||
| Agriculture | A zone of transition between two well-defined vegetated areas. (references) | ||
| Environment | 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. (references) | 2: A transition zone between different habitat types, such as the area between meadows and California black oak woodlands. (references) | |
| Forestry | A 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) | ||
| Geology | 1: 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) | |
| Wikipedic | An 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) | ||
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Extended Definition: Ecotone (alternative meanings)EcotoneEcotone may refer to:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Ecotone (disambiguation)". Image Credit. |
Topics by Level of Interest: ECOTONE | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Ecotone | 8 | Ecotone | 8 | |
| Ecotone (journal) | 3 | Ecotone (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Ecotone (alternative meanings) | 2 | Ecotone (journal) | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
