ecotope
English
editEtymology
editFrom eco- (“house”) + -tope (“place”).
Noun
editecotope (plural ecotopes)
- An ecological habitat on the scale of individual organisms sharing space. Many ecotopes together, either adjacent or overlapping, make up an eco-region or larger unit.
- All of the constituent parts found in a locality on the same scale, such as the physiotope (landform), the geotope (rocks and soil) and the biotope (living flora and fauna).