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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. natural resources
  3. biological resources
  4. pioneer species

Preferred term

pioneer species

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • pioneer plants
  • pioneer plant species
  • pioneer trees
  • pioneer tree species

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/148546

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