oligocratic
Collocations
5ADJ.
telocratic
VERB + OLIGOCRATIC
part
OLIGOCRATIC + NOUN
species
PREP.
in, than
ADV.
strongly
Definitions
adj
Of or relating to oligocracy.
noun
The third and penultimate stage of interglacial forest development (Late-Temperate), characterized by shade-tolerant species that tolerate leaching of the soil.
Significantly, his pollen deposits reveal the conditions both in the oligocratic and the telocratic .
During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.
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3Significantly, his pollen deposits reveal the conditions both in the oligocratic and the telocratic .
WiktionaryDuring the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.
WiktionaryCarpinus (hornbeam) behaved much more strongly as an oligocratic species than before; its pollen frequency not rising until quite late in the stage.
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