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  • noun A large geographical region having a distinct biodiversity of flora and fauna.

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Examples

  • Corpus Christi Bay serves as the ecozone or boundary between two distinct estuarine ecosystems.

    Ecoregions of Texas (EPA) 2009

  • The warm-temperate southern part of the ecozone includes the hornbeam species Carpinus tschonoskii and C. laxiflora.

    Central Korean deciduous forests 2007

  • Did people cultivate cereals because they were storable, which is very important for groups living in a temperate ecozone, or for other reasons?

    Of Cereal and Civilization 2006

  • It did not boost his spirits to know that the amphibious Lepar was far better equipped than he to survive an extended sojourn in the Eirrosadian ecozone.

    The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

  • It did not boost his spirits to know that the amphibious Lepar was far better equipped than he to survive an extended sojourn in the Eirrosadian ecozone.

    The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

  • And she'll do six loads every week, says the research from cleaning firm www. ecozone.com.

    Analysis 2010

  • And she'll do six loads every week, says the research from cleaning firm www. ecozone.com.

    Analysis 2010

  • Using this method, Envisat archives can be exploited to generate global maps of GSV yearly over the entire boreal ecozone with a resolution of 10 km and accuracies of 20%.

    Analysis 2010

  • Conversion of Bataan ecozone into freeport sought in bill

    WN.com - Business News 2009

  • a lack of standardized and networked international approaches for monitoring and research; the paucity of representative sites for comparative analyses, either by freshwater ecosystem type (e.g., small rivers, wetlands, lakes) or by regional geography (ecozone, latitude, elevation); the unknown synergistic impacts of contaminants and climate change on aquatic organisms;

    Key findings, science gaps, and recommendations for freshwater ecosystems in the ACIA 2009

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  • includes the odd-sounding Palearctic and the ineffably funky Afrotropic

    September 29, 2009