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Definition of Seral
1. pertaining to a series of ecological changes [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seral
Literary usage of Seral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"The small amount of ecological study which this community has received makes it
impossible to distinguish climax from seral species with certainty, ..."
2. The First Book in French, Or, A Practical Introduction to Reading, Writing by Norman Pinney (1852)
"... vous cette «v To-morrow will be Tuesday, -j»Demain seral^Mm maine 1 That pretty
young lady is rich ; do you doubt of that Î I do not doubt of it. ..."
3. Forest Health in the Inland West: A Symposium by David L. Adams, Lyn Morelan (1995)
"As a result little of the old growth grand fir was liquidated and converted to
seral species. In 1985 the new Forest planning effort was underway and it ..."
4. Silviculture: From the Crane of Forestry to Ecosystem Management edited by Louise H. Foley (1998)
"Figure 7—Projection of early-mature seral stage stand structure four decades
after treatment. In addition to providing stand level habitat characteristics ..."
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