Edge effect

Japanese: エッジ効果 - エッジコウカ
Edge effect
In ecology, the effect of an organism being influenced in some way by the external environment around its habitat. Known examples include the effect on the number and population of wild animal species when they are in contact with an artificial environment, and the phenomenon of increased biodiversity at the boundaries where multiple environments such as wetlands and forests come into contact. Edge effect.

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Japanese:
生態学で、ある生物の生息地に着目したとき、その周縁において外部環境による何らかの影響を受ける効果。人為環境に接している場合に野生動物の種数や個体数に影響が出ることや、湿地や森林など複数の環境が接する境界において生物多様性が増す現象などが知られる。エッジエフェクト。周縁効果。

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