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Ecotone
Biology; Ecology

The transitial zone between adjacent biotic communities, often with unique nutrients and ecological relationships.

Karst
Biology; Ecology

A limestone-bedrock landscape dotted by fissures, caverns, sink holes, and other evidences of chemical weathering.

Lateralization
Biology; Ecology

The specialisation of brain functions by hemisphere (language in the left lobe, pattern recognition in the right).

Red bed
Biology; Ecology

Red sedimentary layers of sandstone, silt, and shale coloured by iron oxides; often seen in the American Southwest.

Waste treatment pond
Biology; Ecology

A shallow lagoon or pond in which agricultural manure and other wastes are broken down by microscopic organisms.

Bioculture
Biology; Ecology

Paul Taylor's term for how humans exploit other living things domesticating animals, force-feeding livestock, etc.

Bushel
Biology; Ecology

A dry volume measure of fruit and vegetable products equal to four pecks or eight gallons (2150. 42 cubic inches).

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