mesic

How to use mesic in a sentence

• Farther eastward, the ferox stock was isolated in more mesic, probably swampy, marshy habitats.

  North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) | Robert G. Webb

• Peromyscus maniculatus is ubiquitous, occurring in habitats ranging from mesic boreal forests to arid southwestern deserts.

  Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado | Charles L. Douglas

• Most subspecies of P. maniculatus live in moderately mesic or near-mesic environments, but a few have adapted to arid conditions.

  Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado | Charles L. Douglas

• However, in summer, the finding of a racer in mesic woodland is a rare event.

  Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor | Henry S. Fitch

• The mesic conditions to the north in Tabasco and Yucatn probably have restricted the movement of pygmy mice to the north.

  Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys | Robert L. Packard