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- noun Plural form of
ecotone .
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Examples
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Relationships between lake and land-cover features along latitudinal vegetation ecotones in arctic Fennoscandia.
Effects of climate change on hydro-ecology of contributing basins in the Arctic 2009
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A model of the responses of ecotones to climate change.
Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic 2009
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Relationships between lake and land-cover features along latitudinal vegetation ecotones in arctic Fennoscandia.
Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009
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Wildlife management and conservation in an Arctic under the influence of climate change must be adaptive to ecosystem-level changes that are not feasibly reversible within the human timescale, such as the northward movement of boreal ecotones into the Arctic along with the associated wildlife.
Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Arctic 2009
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A model of the responses of ecotones to climate change.
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This envisages investigations on the cycling of nitrogen, phosphorous, heavy metals and pesticides, the effects of the above on the biodiversity and biological productivity, as well as the role of ecotones in controlling the density of flow of chemical compounds.
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Wildlife management and conservation in an Arctic under the influence of climate change must be adaptive to ecosystem-level changes that are not feasibly reversible within the human timescale, such as the northward movement of boreal ecotones into the Arctic along with the associated wildlife.
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They often cross ecotones such as tundra – taiga that are believed to be highly sensitive regions with strong feedbacks to global change.
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With the exception of some ecosystems such as wetlands, many organisms are characterized by selecting areas of vegetation gradients and ecotones.
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Relationships between lake and land-cover features along latitudinal vegetation ecotones in arctic Fennoscandia.
Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009
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