(par 3.10 ) Community Succession and Stability
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ecology/Community_succession_and_stability A community can be defined simply as the assemblage of the various species populations occupying the same place at the same time. (See chapter 4 for more details). Therefore, as defined by the Encyclopedia of Earth, community ecology is the branch of ecology that studies how interactions between and among species and the abiotic environment affect […]
(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 […]