There is often an abrupt transition between a patch of grassland and a patch of woodland. The boundary between two such different communities is known as

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An ecotone is a transition area between two biomes or between two different ecological communities, such as grassland and woodland, where often species from both ecosystems can coexist. This term specifically refers to the distinct boundary where these transitions occur, characterized by a variety of species from both adjacent areas as well as unique species adapted to the conditions of the transition zone.

There Is Often an Abrupt Transition Between a Patch of Grassland