hydrosere

[ hahy-druh-seer ]

noun

, Ecology.

1. a sere originating in water.

hydrosere

/ ˈhaɪdrəʊsɪə /

noun

1. a sere that begins in an aquatic environment

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrosere¹

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

Example Sentences

During the pluvial periods when hydrosere-loving shrews populated the Great Basin, that region may have been a treeless grassland.

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

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

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Sorex palustris is tied closely in its distribution to hydrosere communities and is not dependent upon the presence of forests.

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These hydrosere situations are the habitat of Sorex vagrans.

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