ecoscape

English

Etymology

From eco- +‎ -scape.

Noun

ecoscape (plural ecoscapes)

1. The organisational shape or layout of an ecosystem.
   • 2006, Gary Backhaus, John Murungi, Ecoscapes: Geographical Patternings of Relations - Page 140:

     In the introduction to this volume of essays the editor, Gary Backhaus, defines ecoscape as "the organizational shape of a habitat for life" which "makes thematic the spatial configuration (shape) of the interrelations and relations comprising some life-sustaining world.

   • 2011, Ian Douglas, The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology - Page 638:

     An ecoscape here is a multidimensional landscape of a social-economic-natural complex ecosystem, combining geographical patterns, hydrological process, biological vitality, anthropological dynamics and aesthetic contexts.

Translations

organisational shape or layout of an ecosystem

Anagrams

• ecospace