postisolation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ isolation.

Adjective[edit]

postisolation (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after a period of isolation.
    • 2009 February 6, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al., “Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot”, in Science[1], volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 785–789:
      In this case, the HABC results infer long-term persistence of populations in isolated refugia for all three species, even when allowing for postisolation migration.