A condition in which otherwise suitable habitat becomes less suitable for a species because it is adjacent to dissimilar habitat (developed land, agriculture). This degradation of habitat may occur due to predation or increased competition from species that live outside of the patch.
The effect on the surrounding forests from the edges of a clear cut. Common edge effects include trees blown down, spreading root rots and other diseases, and invasive weeds. Edge effects often travel very far into the surrounding interior forests.
The changes in ecological processes in a community caused by physical and biological factors originating in an adjacent community.
a condition in which otherwise suitable habitat becomes less suitable for a species because it is adjacent to non-habitat land. This degradation of habitat may occur due to predation from species that live outside of the patch, or increased competition with species that live outside the habitat patch.
The phenomenon of an edge community, or ecotone, having greater ecological diversity than the neighboring communities.
Existence of a greater number of species and a higher population density in a transition zone (ecotone) between two ecosystems than in either adjacent ecosystem. See ecotone.
The impact of two diverse communities where they abut, such as where a stream adjoins a prairie. See also: ecotone.
The influence of two communities on populations in their adjoining boundary zone or ecotone, affecting the composition and density of the populations in these bordering areas.
(1) The influence of one adjoining plant community upon the margin of another affecting the composition and density of the populations. (2) The effect executed by adjoining communities on the population structure within the margin zone.
"The drastically modified environmental conditions along the margins, or ""edges,"" of forest patches surrounded partially or entirely by harvested lands."
habitat conditions (such as degree of humidity and exposure to light or wind) created at or near the more-or-less well-defined boundary between ecosystems, as, for example, between open areas and adjacent forest.
The tendency for increased variety and density of organisms at community junctions ( ecotones).
the resulting influence two starkly different plant communities (e.g. forest-meadow) have on the animals that inhabit the area.
A habitat's edge, created by clearing vegetation (road or field) increases the penetration of wind and light up to 35 - 100 feet into a forest, and allows penetration of 'edge species' like predators, 1,000 - 2,000 feet into a forest. This effect alters the habitat quality and suitability for some native species.
An edge effect is the effect of the juxtaposition of contrasting environments on an ecosystem. This term is commonly used in conjunction with the boundary between natural habitats, especially forests, and disturbed or developed land. Edge effects are especially pronounced in small habitat fragments where they may extend throughout the patch.