ecotone
/ek-uh-tohn, ee-kuh-/US // ˈɛk əˌtoʊn, ˈi kə- //UK // (ˈiːkəˌtəʊn, ˈɛkə-) //
生态区,生态环境,生态圈,生態環境
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Ecology.
- : the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
Examples
The result is a transition area or ecotone which epitomizes the next stage in development.
This bird of the primary forest and primary-secondary forest ecotone was common at all three principal collecting stations.
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