Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The successful establishment of a plant or animal species in a habitat.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The fixation of a migrating plant in a new habitat.

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  • noun ecology The process of successful establishment of a plant or animal species in a habitat that was barren previously/ or was left barren due to some catastrophe.

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  • noun (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Greek oikēsis, inhabitation, from oikein, to dwell, from oikos, house; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Ancient Greek οἴκισις (oikisis, "colonization")

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Examples

  • In an area already occupied by plants, ecesis and competition are concomitant and quickly produce reactions.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • The significant feature of continuous invasion is that an outpost may be repeatedly reinforced, permitting rapid aggregation and ecesis, and the production of new centers from which the species may be extended over a wide area.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • In the first place, an association acts as a barrier to the ecesis of species invading it from associations of another type, on account of the physical differences of the habitats.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • They may affect invasion either by limiting migration or by preventing ecesis.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • How far can the terms migration, ecesis, and competition, as used by

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • In new areas, ecesis produces reaction (the effect which a plant or a community exerts upon its habitat) at once, and this is followed by aggregation and competition, with increasing reaction.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • They restrict or prevent ecesis either by the destruction of invaders or by placing them at a disadvantage with respect to the occupants.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • Invasion is the complete or complex process of which migration, ecesis

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • Invasion into a new area or a plant community begins with migration when this is followed by ecesis.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • Man and animals operate as marked barriers to ecesis wherever they alter conditions unfavorably to invaders or where they turn the scale in competition by cultivating, grazing, camping, parasitism, etc.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

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