coenocline
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) plus Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō, “to lean”).
Noun[edit]
coenocline (plural coenoclines)
- (ecology) A gradient of organisms (typically plants) from the base to the summit of a hill or mountain
- (biocoenology) The sequence of natural communities in relation to environmental gradients; the distribution of natural communities in an ecocline.
- 1962 January 1, Herbert C. Hanson, Dictionary of Ecology[1], 1st edition, archived from the original on 28 September 2007, page 84:
- The sequence of natural communities in relation to environmental gradients; the distribution of natural communities in an Ecocline (q. v.).