ecotone

ecotone

A transition zone between two ecological communities, often containing features of both.

All languages

English: ecotone
Norwegian: økoton
Japanese: エコトーン — えことーん — ekotōn
Korean: 생태이행대 — saengtaeihaengdae
Spanish: ecotono
French: écotone
German: Ökoton

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Reference sources

US Forest Service — ecotone is a narrow or broad zone of intergradation or interfingering between contiguous plant communities