Ecoscape
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ecoscape is a noun meaning The organisational shape or layout of an ecosystem.
Meaning
The organisational shape or layout of an ecosystem.
Example Sentences
An ecoscape here is a multidimensional landscape of a social-economic-natural complex ecosystem, combining geographical patterns, hydrological process, biological vitality, anthropological dynamics and aesthetic contexts.
In the introduction to this volume of essays the editor, Gary Backhaus, defines ecoscape as "the organizational shape of a habitat for life" which "makes thematic the spatial configuration (shape) of the interrelations and relations comprising some life-sustaining world.
Word Forms
- ecoscapes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ecosystem, ecospace, ecad, ecotope, ecosphere, ecogroup.
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