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ecotone

Transitional zone in which one type of ecosystem tends to merge with another ecosystem. See edge effect.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 4 - Ecosystems: Components, Energy Flow, and Matter Cycling [2]
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