Vocabulary

Exotic:

in conservation language, this refers to a foreign plant or animal - one that has been introduced into a new area.

Native:

a naturally occurring species.

Edge Effect:

the tendency of wildlife to use the areas where two vegetative types come together forming an edge; where rabbits, for example, concentrate on an area where brush and meadow land meet because of the diversity of food, shelter, and other habitat components provided by the edge.

Ecotone:

the place where two communities, along with their habitats, come together.