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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resources > biological resources > pioneer species
Preferred Term:

pioneer species

Definition:
The first members of a population to arrive in a new area, usually a bare, barren, uncolonized or disturbed environment. Pioneer species begin the process of ecological succession and are usually replaced by successional species.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
biological resources
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • pioneer plant species
  • pioneer plants
  • pioneer tree species
  • pioneer trees
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/148546
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RDF/XMLCreated 2011-09-21, last modified 2018-02-26
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