(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

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(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

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(par 3. 9 ) Successional Changes in Communities

http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/successional-changes-in-communities-13261649 By: Jamie M. Kneitel (Department of Biological Sciences, California State University) © 2010 Nature Education Citation: Kneitel, J. (2010) Successional Changes in Communities. Nature Education Knowledge 3(10):41 In the field of ecology, community composition changes

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(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):

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(par 3. 9.2) Climax community

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia is an example of a climax forest ecosystem. In ecology, climax community, or climatic climax community, is a historic term that

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(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

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