of, pertaining to, or having dry or desertlike conditions
2.
xerophytic
Word origin
< xero- + -ic
xeric in American English
(ˈzɪərɪk)
adjective
of, pertaining to, or adapted to a dry environment
Derived forms
xerically
adverb
Word origin
[1926; ‹ Gk xēr(ós) dry + -ic1]
Examples of 'xeric' in a sentence
xeric
These empirical data highlight the importance of autotrophic-derived production to trout in xeric regions.
Adam J Sepulveda 2017, 'Terrestrial–aquatic linkages in spring-fed and snowmelt-dominated streams', Journal of Freshwater Ecologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2017.1284696. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, the xeric site had a longer carry-over effect and never returned to pre-drought function.
Gregory Starr, Christina L. Staudhammer, Susanne Wiesner, Sujit Kunwor, Henry W. Loescher,Andres F. Baron, Andrew Whelan, Robert J. Mitchell, Lindsay Boring 2016, 'Carbon Dynamics of Pinus palustris Ecosystems Following Drought', Forestshttp://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/7/5/98. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most of them are endemic species, well adapted to xeric environments.
PABLO AGUSTO, CAMILO I MATTONI, JAIME PIZARRO-ARAYA, JORGE CEPEDA-PIZARRO, FRANCISCOLÓPEZ-CORTÉS 2006, 'Comunidades de escorpiones (Arachnida: Scorpiones) del desierto costero transicionalde Chile Communities of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) of the transitional coastaldesert of Chile', Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2006000400001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Those for mesic species were steeper than for those from xeric habitats.
Mark Hassall, Anna Moss, Bernice Dixie, James J. Gilroy 2018, 'Interspecific variation in responses to microclimate by terrestrial isopods: implicationsin relation to climate change', ZooKeyshttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/24934/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These xeric, rocky sites supported the greatest overall abundance of cushion forms.
JOHN G LAMBRINOS, CATHERINE C KLEIER, PHILIP W RUNDEL 2006, 'Plant community variation across a puna landscape in the Chilean Andes Variación enla comunidad vegetal de un paisaje de puna en los Andes chilenos', Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2006000200009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The entities of this complex are predominantly small-sized epiphytes, adapted to xeric environments.
Lucía Castello, Leonardo Galetto 2013, 'How many taxa can be recognized within the complex Tillandsia capillaris (Bromeliaceae,Tillandsioideae)? Analysis of the available classifications using a multivariate approach',PhytoKeyshttp://phytokeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1544. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Increased precipitation expanded mesic vegetation at the expense of xeric vegetation.
H. Wang, I. C. Prentice, J. Ni 2013, 'Data-based modelling and environmental sensitivity of vegetation in China', Biogeoscienceshttp://www.biogeosciences.net/10/5817/2013/bg-10-5817-2013.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Climate change particularly threatens the xeric limits of temperate-continental forests.
Csaba Mátyás, Imre Berki, András Bidló, György Csóka, Kornél Czimber, Ernő Führer,Borbála Gálos, Zoltán Gribovszki, Gábor Illés, Anikó Hirka, Zoltán Somogyi 2018, 'Sustainability of Forest Cover under Climate Change on the Temperate-Continental XericLimits', Forestshttp://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/8/489. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Literature information on rodents from xeric and mesic habitats was also analyzed.
Arturo Cortés, Mario Rosenmann, Francisco Bozinovic 2000, 'Water economy in rodents: evaporative water loss and metabolic water production',Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2000000200006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We also construct the response profiles of these forests near their xeric limit under wet continental climatic conditions.
Éva Salamon-Albert, Péter Lőrincz, Gábor Pauler, Dénes Bartha, Ferenc Horváth 2016, 'Drought Stress Distribution Responses of Continental Beech Forests at their XericEdge in Central Europe', Forestshttp://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/7/12/298. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)