prisere Ecol.
(ˈpraɪsɪə(r))
[f. primary a. + sere n.2]
A sere that began on an area not previously occupied.
| 1916 F. E. Clements Plant Succession ix. 182 Within the same climax, seres are classified as primary and secondary, i.e., as priseres and subseres. 1926 Tansley & Chipp Study of Vegetation ii. 19 We distinguish a sere beginning on bare soil..as a primary sere, or prisere. 1939 A. G. Tansley Brit. Islands & their Vegetation x. 218 Any concrete example of succession, i.e. any definite series of communities leading to a climax, is called a sere, and the complete succession from bare habitat to climatic climax is a primary sere or prisere. 1960 N. Polunin Introd. Plant. Geogr. xi. 324 The complete sere just indicated is a primary sere (prisere), beginning on a bare substratum without organic material. 1977 A. S. Collinson Introd. World Vegetation vi. 103 Where plants begin their succession on virgin territory..the process is termed a primary succession or prisere. |