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What does ecotone mean?

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Noun
  1. a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).
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In the Pompidou's darkened rooms, another ecotone becomes visible: the overlap between objective and subjective realms.
An ecotone may exist along a broad belt or in a small pocket, such as a forest clearing, where two local communities blend together.
The result is a transition area or ecotone which epitomizes the next stage in development.
An ecotone may also foster new species of predators, however, including some with remarkable camouflage.
Soil resource partitioning may have contributed to the stable coexistence of grasses and trees that form savannahs at this ecotone.
Rabbit populations seem to be greatest in ecotone habitats and less in scrublands or grasslands.

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