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Definition of Ecotone

1. a type of ecological zone [n -S] : ECOTONAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Ecotone

1. 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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ecotone

Literary usage of Ecotone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Research Methods in Ecology by Frederic Edward Clements (1905)
"ecotone CHARTS 225. The contour lines of zones and ... position of which is ultimately determined with reference to the ecotone lines already established. r ..."

2. Ecosystem Matters: Activity and Resource Guide for Environmental Educators by Mary Adams (1995)
"Label the overlapping segment the ecotone. (This is the area of greatest diversity.) Label the original two circles as Ecosystem 1 and Ecosystem 2. ..."

3. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"... Chihuahuan Desert and Colorado Shortgrass Prairie Species Controlled by Soil Moisture Heterogeneity in a Desert/grassland ecotone at Sevilleta National ..."

4. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"Results and Discussion With all 15 transects combined, species richness declined significantly (p = 0.0001) from the lower blackbrush ecotone to the ..."

5. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Reports of historical changes in this ecotone are varied. ... They attributed oak mortality at this ecotone to an increasingly xeric climate. ..."

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