ecotone

IPA/ˈiː.kəʊ.təʊn/
IPA/ˈiː.koʊ.toʊn/

ecotone — 名詞

  • ecotonesingular
  • ecotonesplural

1. a strip of land or water where one kind of natural environment changes into anot

1.名詞
釋義

群落交錯區

兩種棲地交界、兼有雙方特徵的地帶

a strip of land or water where one kind of natural environment changes into another, with plants and animals from each

例句

At the edge where grass meets desert sand, Tendai found an ecotone full of insects.

在草地與沙漠沙地交會的邊緣,Tendai 發現一處滿是昆蟲的群落交錯區。

ecotone where one habitat meets another

The pond's muddy shore is an ecotone, part water and part dry land.

池塘泥濘的岸邊就是一處群落交錯區,一半是水,一半是乾地。

be + an ecotone, part A and part B

文法句型

ecotone between A and B

常見錯誤

The forest ecotone is the middle of the forest.
The ecotone is the edge zone where the forest meets another habitat.
an ecotone lies between two habitats, not inside one.