エッジ効こう果か

noun

edge effect

Ecological term for the changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary of two habitats.

• 森しん林りんと草そう原げんの境きょう界かいではエッジ効こう果かによって生せい物ぶつ多た様よう性せいが高たかまることがある。

  At the boundary between forest and grassland, biodiversity can increase due to the edge effect.