Relating to or living in a cortical environment; having an affinity for bark or cortex.
From 'cortex' plus '-oline' (relating to). This ecological variant distinguishes organisms by their cortex habitat preference.
Corticoline is subtly different from corticole—it's a more technical way to say an organism is adapted to cortical environments, showing how scientists create multiple terms for similar ecological concepts!
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