ecotype
Noun
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Noun
ecotype (plural ecotypes)
- (ecology) A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
- Synonyms: ecospecies
- 1997, Steven R. Radosevich, Jodie S. Holt, Claudio Ghersa, Weed Ecology: Implications for Management page 78 ↗,
- She collected rhizomes of two ecotypes, a northern ecotype originally from Yellowstone County, Montana, and a southern ecotype from an agricultural field near Hollister, California.
- 1997, Mark R. Macnair, The evolution of plants in metal-contaminated environments, in Rudolf Bijlsma, Volker Loeschcke (editors), Environmental Stress, Adaptation, and Evolution, page 19 ↗,
- The more interesting question is, What is the difference between an endemic and an ecotype?
- French: écotype
- German: Ökotyp
- Italian: ecotipo
- Portuguese: ecótipo
- Spanish: ecotipo
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