Usually means: Boundary changes species interaction dynamics.
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▸ noun:  (ecology) A change in population or community structures that occurs at the boundary of two or more habitats.

Similar:
ecotone, ecodistance, ecosection, ecoevolution, ecocline, ecoplasticity, ecad, ecesis, evolutionary trap, ecoclimate, more...

Opposite:
interior effect, core effect, center effect

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Similar:
ecotone, ecodistance, ecosection, ecoevolution, ecocline, ecoplasticity, ecad, ecesis, evolutionary trap, ecoclimate, more...

Opposite:
interior effect, core effect, center effect



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