Ecotype
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ecotype is a noun meaning (ecology) A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
Meaning
(ecology) A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
Example Sentences
These four Japanese introductions probably were of the Japonica ecotype.
The more interesting question is, What is the difference between an endemic and an ecotype?
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.
Word Forms
- ecotypes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ecophenotype, ecad, ecoenvironment, ecophene, ecophenotypism, ecomorphotype.
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