ecocline

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English

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Etymology

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eco- +‎ -cline

Noun

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ecocline (plural ecoclines)

  1. A gradation from one ecosystem to another when there is no sharp boundary between the two. It is the joint expression of associated community (coenocline) and complex environmental gradients.