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Definition of Ecesis
1. Noun. (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat.
Category relationships: Bionomics, Ecology, Environmental Science
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Definition of Ecesis
1. Noun. (ecology) The process of successful establishment of a plant or animal species in a habitat that was barren previously/ or was left barren due to some catastrophe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ecesis
1. the establishment of a plant or animal in a new environment [n -SISES] : ECESIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ecesis
Literary usage of Ecesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Research Methods in Ecology by Frederic Edward Clements (1905)
"... have been carried to numerous other places in which ecesis was impossible.
... as well as by the character of the space through which the latter ecesis ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters by Society of American Foresters (1908)
"These are aggregation, migration, ecesis, competition, and reaction. ...
Migration brings about aggregation and ecesis, and these in turn make possible ..."
3. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1916)
"ecesis consists of three important processes: germination, growth, ... note that
ecesis is not complete unless a plant can perform all of these processes. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... Migration, ecesis, Competition and Invasion. This chapter is followed by a
study of stabilization and the development of the final or climax community. ..."
5. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"... but considerable mortality among seedlings, even during short periods of
drought, emphasized the difficulties of ecesis and showed strikingly the effect ..."
6. Proceedings, International Conference on Plant Breeding and Hybridization by C. Raveret-Wattel (1904)
"... by the word ecesis, the process of becoming established in a new home.
These terms at least serve the purpose of emphasizing the fact that all of a ..."
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