Environmental Studies

preferential species

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

preferential species In phytosociology, a species that is present with varying abundance in several communities, but is especially abundant and vigorous in one particular community. It belongs to fidelity class 3 in the Braun-Blanquet phytosociological scheme. Compare accidental species; exclusive species; indifferent species; and selective species.

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

preferential species In phytosociology, a species that is present with varying abundance in several communities, but is especially abundant and vigorous in one particular community. It belongs to fidelity class 3 in the Braun-Blanquet phytosociological scheme. Compare ACCIDENTAL SPECIES; EXCLUSIVE SPECIES; INDIFFERENT SPECIES; and SELECTIVE SPECIES.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "preferential species." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-preferentialspecies.html

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