Definition of "ecotypes" [ecotypes]

• Plural form of ecotype. (noun)

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• "Its main ecotypes are estuarine and marine, mangrove swamps, coastal savanna, broadleaf gallery forest, humid subtropical forest (10-15% of the area), very humid tropical forest (~80% of the area) and on the ridge tops, elfin forest, according to Herrera-MacBryde (1995) on whose descriptive summary the following is based."
• "But as researchers began observing killer whales more closely, they discovered that the marine mammals seem to belong to several different groups, called ecotypes, with different feeding habits and appearances."
• "Using this method, researchers isolated several "ecotypes" of killer whale."