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ecotone

Spanish translation: ecotono

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English term or phrase:ecotone
Spanish translation:ecotono
Entered by: Gemma Sanza Porcar

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18:54 Feb 12, 2009
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Science - Zoology
Additional field(s): Environment & Ecology, Fisheries
English term or phrase: ecotone
Definition from A Glossary of Marine Nature Conservation and Fisheries :
a narrow and fairly sharply defined transition zone between two or more communities (Allaby 1998); eg the different plankton communities that occur on opposite sides of fronts.

Example sentence(s):
  • Macroinvertebrate biomass was highest at an intermediate riparian ecotone complexity with an adequate supply of organic matter and incident light. Fish biomass followed the same trend, being lowest in heavily shaded areas and in open channels without riparian vegetation (range: 1-4.5 g m-2), but highest in ecotones of intermediate complexity (range: 1.6-92.8 g m-2). The cascading effect of invertebrate density depletion, which was inversely related to fish biomass, was observed seasonally. Wiley InterScience
  • The complexity and biological importance of riparian ecotones depend on the extent to which the system is self-regulating, which depends in turn on geology, physiography, climate, vegetation, human activity and the age of the system. Fish and riparian ecotones – a hypothesis
  • A common example of ecotones is estuaries—the transitional area between rivers and the oceans. The variety of species found in an estuary is much higher than in the river or in the shallow sea-water. BASICS OF ECOLOGY & LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
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ecotono
Definition:
Una zona de transición entre sistemas ecológicos adyacentes, que tienen un conjunto de características únicas, definidas por las escalas de tiempo y espacio y por la fuerza de la interacción (sensu Holland).
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5 +6ecotono
Gemma Sanza Porcar
5 +2ecotono
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ecotono


Definition from Fausto O. Sarmiento:
Una zona de transición entre sistemas ecológicos adyacentes, que tienen un conjunto de características únicas, definidas por las escalas de tiempo y espacio y por la fuerza de la interacción (sensu Holland).

Example sentence(s):
  • Detección cuantitativa de fronteras ecológicas y ecotonos. La detección cuantitativa de fronteras es una herramienta fundamental para estudiar la forma y dinámica de los ecotonos o transiciones entre comunidades distintas - Revista Ecosistemas  
  • PATRON ESPACIAL DE UN ECOTONO BOSQUE SUBALPINO-PASTOS ALPINOS (LAS CUTAS, ORDESA, PIRINEOS CENTRALES) - Dpto. de Ecología, Facultad de Biologí  
  • TEMA 13. ECOLOGÍA 13.1 ECOSISTEMAS Autoecología. Sinecología. Concepto de ecosistema. Competencia y territorialismo. Concepto de nicho ecológico y de hábitat. El ecosistema en el espacio. Ecosistemas acuáticos y terrestres. Heterogeneidad horizontal y vertical. Concepto de límite: ecotono y ecoclina. El ecosistema en el tiempo: sucesiones primarias y secundarias. Concepto de clímax. - Universidad de Alicante  

Explanation:
Un abrazo,

Gemma
Gemma Sanza Porcar
Spain
Local time: 02:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in category: 8

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Catalina Connon
0 min
  -> Gracias Catalina. Un abrazo, Gemma
Yes  Judith Payro
1 hr
  -> Gracias Judith. Un abrazo, Gemma
Yes  slothm: Impecable Gemma.
3 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Slothm. Un abrazo.
Yes  mar52
3 hrs
  -> Gracias Mar. Un abrazo.
Yes  Josuf: Ecotono. Ese es.Gema, eres muy rápida, felicidades.
7 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Josuf. Un abrazo.
Yes  huilqui
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Gracias Huilqui. Un abrazo, Gemma
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ecotono


Definition from own experience or research:
Zona de transición entre dos ecosistemas. Se trata de franjas (desde unos cuantos metros hasta kilómetros) en el interior de las cuales las variaciones irregulares o progresivas de los parámetros térmicos, hídricos o pedológicos se traducen en mosaicos asociaciones vegetales, una interpenetración y competencia ("tensión") de las floras y faunas características de los biomas contiguos, o una individualización de medios y formaciones vegetales originales, diferentes de las de cada uno de los ecosistemas vecinos;

Example sentence(s):
  • En el ecotono entre la selva y la sabana encontramos especies de animales característicos de ambos ecosistemas. - Wikipedia  
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Local time: 18:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Gemma Sanza Porcar: Un abrazo, Gemma
1 hr
Yes  Juan Arce: Muy de acuerdo, ECOTONO es la palabra científica correcta. Son todas aquellas regiones naturales (ecosistemas, ecoregiones, unidades de vegetación, biomas, etc, et) que comparten elementos bioticos de ambos. Un sinónimo muy común es transición ecológica
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