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edge effects

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002061

Ecological characteristics associated with the junction between two dissimiliar habitat types or ecosystems affecting the population structure and biological traits of the associated plant or animal communities.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002061
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymsfield edges; field margins; forest edges; habitat edges
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoecological processes and phenomena; population ecology; community ecology; forest steppe; ecotones; forest ecology; landscape ecology; habitat fragmentation
TranslationsSpanish: efectos de borde
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002061",
  "term": "edge effects",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Ecological characteristics associated with the junction between two dissimiliar habitat types or ecosystems affecting the population structure and biological traits of the associated plant or animal communities.",
  "synonyms": [
    "field edges",
    "field margins",
    "forest edges",
    "habitat edges"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "ecological processes and phenomena",
    "population ecology",
    "community ecology",
    "forest steppe",
    "ecotones",
    "forest ecology",
    "landscape ecology",
    "habitat fragmentation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "efectos de borde"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/edge-effects/"
}

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