consociesn.
/kɒnˈsəʊʃɪiːz/ Ecology.
= consociation n. 5; spec. a consociation of plants in a developmental stage.
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1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 296 The primary areas..have been called associations... It is proposed to term this primary division of the formation, a consociation, or better, a consocies. This term is applied only to an area characterized by a facies.
1916 F. E. Clements Plant Succession vi. 136 The associes is the developmental equivalent of the association... It is composed of two or more consocies, i.e., developmental consociations, just as the association consists of two or more consociations. Like the association, it is based upon life-form, floristic composition, and habitat, but differs from it in as much as all of these are undergoing constant or recurrent developmental changes.
1916 F. E. Clements Plant Succession vi. 137 The consocies is a seral community marked by the..dominance of one species... It is the unit of the associes in the same way that the consociation is of the association.
1926 A. G. Tansley & T. F. Chipp Aims & Methods Study Vegetation ii. 19 The three higher ranks..we distinguish from the corresponding climax communities by using the suffix -es, thus associes, consocies, socies.
1964 V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation i. 11 The associes, consocies and socies are their equivalents in a sere (succession).
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