The purpose of this work was to examine how climate change alters movement dynamics of both directional and shifting ecotones. Dynamic ecotones change position along a boundary over time and can be further categorized as either shifting, where the adjacent ecosystems alternatively drive movement of the ecotone but maintain the same relative location over time, or directional, where one system encroaches into the other and the ecotone moves laterally. Ecotones are boundary zones formed where overlap between neighboring ecosystems creates an intermediate ecosystem with unique ecological characteristics.
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