Italian: continuum cotonaleEnglish translation: ecotonal 
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Science - Botany | | Italian term or phrase: continuum cotonale | I don't have even the faintest idea what this may mean. Don't think it may be related to cotton, however here's the original sentence:
"La consistente ricchezza di biotopi, nonostante la limitata estensione dell’area, evidenzia una varietà di ambienti (delle spiagge, dei calanchi, dei trubi, dei gessi, dei torrenti e dei pantani) che a fronte di una riduzione del disturbo antropico darebbero origine ad un continuum di tipo cotonale."
Once again, the text is about vegetation distribution in the Southern coast of Sicily |
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| | ecotonal | Explanation:
e·co·tone (k-tn, k-)
n.
A transitional zone between two communities containing the characteristic species of each.
This is from a dictionary. I also found ecotonal | cotonal on the web but still don't know whether cotonal and ecotonal have different meanings.
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Note added at 25 mins (2007-09-23 02:06:54 GMT)
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So may be "ecotonal continuum", or "ecotonal transition" would be it...
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Note added at 28 mins (2007-09-23 02:10:29 GMT)
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It seems that the "e" may be deleted, but ecotonal seems to be more standard and descriptive.
(E)cotonal – the plot is in a visible ecotone or transition between two. communities. UTM: If the surveyor is using a GPS unit, the location of the plot is ...
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Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-23 02:11:45 GMT)
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Another indication:
Adjacent Forest Type Ecotonal Hardwood Ecotonal Coniferous Ecotonal ... Ecotonal Ecotonal Ecotonal Ecotonal Hardwood Ecotonal Ecotonal I cotonal ... |
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Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
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| ecotonal
Explanation:
e·co·tone (k-tn, k-)
n.
A transitional zone between two communities containing the characteristic species of each.
This is from a dictionary. I also found ecotonal | cotonal on the web but still don't know whether cotonal and ecotonal have different meanings.
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Note added at 25 mins (2007-09-23 02:06:54 GMT)
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So may be "ecotonal continuum", or "ecotonal transition" would be it...
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Note added at 28 mins (2007-09-23 02:10:29 GMT)
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It seems that the "e" may be deleted, but ecotonal seems to be more standard and descriptive.
(E)cotonal – the plot is in a visible ecotone or transition between two. communities. UTM: If the surveyor is using a GPS unit, the location of the plot is ...
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Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-23 02:11:45 GMT)
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Another indication:
Adjacent Forest Type Ecotonal Hardwood Ecotonal Coniferous Ecotonal ... Ecotonal Ecotonal Ecotonal Ecotonal Hardwood Ecotonal Ecotonal I cotonal ...
| Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English, Armenian
PRO pts in category: 8
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