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Woodland edge
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland_edge
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A woodland edge or forest edge is the transition zone (ecotone) from an area of woodland or forest to fields or other open spaces. Certain species of plants and animals are adapted to the forest edge, and these species are often more familiar to humans than species only found deeper within forests.
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On the woodland edge – however it is defined – not only does the flora change, but also the fauna and the soil type. These edge effects mean that many species of animal prefer woodland edges to the heart of the forest, because they have both protection and light - for example tree pipits and dunnocks. At the woodland edge trees are often different from those inside the wood, as well as hedge vegetation, brambles and low-growing plants. The more gradual the transition from open country to woodland (for example through intermediate young trees or bushes), the less risk there is that, in stormy weather, wind will blow under the canopy and uproot the outer rows of trees.
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