(par 3. 9.1) Ecosystem Succession: Disturbance and Recovery
http://www.wildernesscollege.com/ecosystem-succession.html Ecosystem succession, also called “ecological succession,” is the process through which a natural community of plants and animals changes after a disturbance. It is generally understood that ecological succession is a progressive movement towards the most stable community (also called a “climax community”). This kind of succession is the manner through which natural communities […]
(par 3. 9.1) Succession
The concept of succession was first clearly put forth by Clements (1916). The classical use of the term involves three fundamental concepts (after Mitsch and Gosselink, 1986): vegetation occurs in recognizable communities; community change through time results from the biota present modifying the environment (changes are autogenic); changes are linear and directed towards a climaxecosystem (Odum, 1971). Succession is the […]
(par 3. 9.2) Plant Succession
Introduction Succession is a directional non-seasonal cumulative change in the types of plantspecies that occupy a given area through time. It involves the processes of colonization, establishment, and extinction which act on the participating plant species. Most successions contain a number of stages that can be recognized by the collection of species that dominate at that point in […]