1.The maps can also be used to study things like ecotones, the boundary between two habitat types, species dispersal and the migration patterns, and even determine when a species was found in a new area.
2.The park's subtropical climate can support species from around the world, and its borders are full of ecotones — transition areas between habitats — that connect the region's freshwater prairies, rocky pinelands, mangrove forests, and more.