Ecotones are interface zones between different ecosystems. Their ecological role and significance with regard to ecological management and conservation has beco

We live in a changing world; one in which there is much concern and discussion about the topics of global change, loss of biodiversity, and increasing threats t

Ecotones are dynamic over-lapping boundary areas where major terrestrial biomes meet. As past studies have shown, and as the chapters in this book will illustra

Philosophers, writers and scientists, from cell biologists to ecologists, have long recognized the special nature of boundaries and interface areas of all kinds