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hydrosere

American  
[hahy-druh-seer] / ˈhaɪ drəˌsɪər /

noun

Ecology.
  1. a sere originating in water.


hydrosere British  
/ ˈhaɪdrəʊsɪə /

noun

  1. a sere that begins in an aquatic environment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hydrosere

First recorded in 1925–30; hydro- 1 + sere 2

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Most of the valleys are in the Transition Life-zone; the forests are rather dry and of pine with more or less isolated hydrosere communities about streams and ponds.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

Vagrant shrews, then as now, probably depended on hydrosere communities, while red squirrels required trees.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

These Great Basin shrews dwell in hydrosere communities as do their Rocky Mountain counterparts.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

The jumping mouse also is limited in its distribution by hydrosere communities, not by forests.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

These hydrosere situations are the habitat of Sorex vagrans.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

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