The term is also used in geo ecology for the average number of ecotopes in a land unit (
Neef 1981).
Geography: geographical space of a landscape characteristic different of the environment (Herz, K., 1983: Der Arealbegriff der Landschaftsanalyse. Wiss. Zeitschrift Päd. Hochschule Dresden, 17. vol., Themat. Reihe, 119-127.)
Ecology: permanent settlement area of an animal or a plant (Kutter, W., Hrsg.,1993: Handbuch zur Ökologie. Analytica Verlagsgesellschaft Berlin. 525 p.)
Miscellaneous: area of a specified land use
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