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ecesis|ɛˈkiːsɪs|
[f. Gr. οἴκησις act of inhabiting.]
Of plants: the entry into, or establishment in, another habitat.
1904F. E. Clements in Bot. Surv. Nebraska VII. 50 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.), In a word, Ecesis is the adjustment of a plant to a new habitat. It comprises the whole process covered more or less incompletely by acclimatisation, naturalisation, accommodation, etc. 1938Weaver & Clements Plant Ecology (ed. 2) i. 3 Migration alone, however, cannot produce vegetation... The migrants must make themselves at home, an idea that is expressed in a single term ecesis. Ibid. vi. 131 Ecesis is the adjustment of the plant to a new home. 1952P. W. Richards Tropical Rain Forest xvii. 383 The ecesis of secondary species is always effected by seeds or fruits.
Hence ecesic |ɛˈkiːsɪk| a., of, or belonging to, ecesis.
1916F. E. Clements Plant Succession 63 (title) Ecesic Causes. |