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adjectiveploidal (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyRelating to ploidy.
The differential responses between taxa of different ploidal levels could shift the balance of power in both horizontal (competitive) and vertical (consumer-resource) interactions within ecological networks of interacting taxa.
2018, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Progress in Ecological Stoichiometry, page 316
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