xerocline
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]xerocline (plural xeroclines)
- (ecology) A warm, dry slope.
- Coordinate term: mesocline
- 1931, John Frederick Vicars Phillips, Forest-succession and Ecology in the Knysna Region, page 132:
- The xeroclines receive stronger light for longer periods than do the mesoclines, while the mean temperatures of air and of soil are higher by 5-10 degrees Fahr., […]