Ecotones where two habitats meet often hold the richest species mixes
Edges between forest and meadow, wetland and upland, or reef and sand gather specialists from both sides plus edge-adapted generalists — a biodiversity bump called the ecotone effect.
Light, moisture, and food webs overlap in narrow belts, so surveys often count more species there than in the center of either habitat alone. Soft, natural edges usually beat hard artificial ones.
Meeting places matter as much as cores. Wildlife habitats gain resilience when transition zones stay intact instead of being sharpened into fences and pavement.
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