(par 3. 9 ) Succession: A Closer Look
Succession: A Closer Look http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/succession-a-closer-look-13256638 By: Sarah M. Emery (Department of Biology, University of Louisville) © 2010 Nature Education Citation: Emery, S. (2010) Succession: A Closer Look. Nature Education Knowledge 3(10):45 What do volcanoes, glaciers, sand dunes, storms, agriculture, and fire have in common? They all initiate the process of succession in communities. Succession refers to a directional, predictable change in community structure over time (Grime […]
(par 3. 9 ) Ecological succession
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_succession From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Succession after disturbance: a boreal forest one year (left) and two years (right) after a wildfire. Ecological succession is the observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. The time scale can be decades (for example, after a wildfire), or even millions of years after a mass extinction.[1] The community begins with relatively […]