Ecological succession is the process of change in the species that make up an ecological community over time. The process of succession occurs either...
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Secondary succession is the secondary ecological succession of a plant's life. As opposed to the first, primary succession, secondary succession is a process...
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Primary succession is the beginning step of ecological succession where species known as pioneer species colonize an uninhabited site, which usually occurs...
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order Ecological succession, the series of changes in an ecological community that occur over time after a disturbance. It can be: Primary succession, when...
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Tansley's ecosystem, Charles Elton's Animal Ecology, and Henry Cowles ecological succession. Ecology influenced the social sciences and humanities. Human ecology...
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Ecological succession can be understood as a process of changing species composition within a community due to an ecological disturbance, and varies largely...
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processes and minimize anthropogenic impacts on the ecosystems. Ecological succession is the process by which a community changes over time, especially...
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R/K selection theory (category Ecological theories)
distinct roles in the ecological succession that regenerates the ecosystem. Because of their higher reproductive rates and ecological opportunism, primary...
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locations and a variety of soils, and functions as a pioneer species in ecological succession. The sap of this plant is a mild skin irritant and can cause a rash...
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operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) in order to understand patterns of ecological succession on the deep seafloor. Deep sea whale falls are thought to be hotspots...
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Sundarbans (section Ecological succession)
Unlike the former, the Rhizophoraceae are of minor importance. Ecological succession is generally defined as the successive occupation of a site by different...
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Climax community (category Ecological succession)
community of plants, animals, and fungi which, through the process of ecological succession in the development of vegetation in an area over time, have reached...
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Pioneer species (category Ecological succession)
repopulate disrupted biodiverse steady-state ecosystems as part of ecological succession. A number of kinds of events can create good conditions for pioneers...
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Dune (section Ecological succession on coastal dunes)
to get rid of both of these invasive species. As a dune forms, plant succession occurs. The conditions on an embryo dune are harsh, with salt spray from...
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Estemmenosuchidae (section Ecological succession)
Estemmenosuchidae is an extinct family of large, very early herbivorous therapsids that flourished during the Guadalupian period. They are distinguished...
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Weed (section Ecological significance)
seedlings. Weed growth can also inhibit the growth of later-successional species in ecological succession. Introduced species have been observed to undergo rapid...
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Psammosere (category Ecological succession)
psammosere is the sequence of plant succession in stages, initiated on sand. It is seral community, an ecological succession that began life on newly exposed...
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Henry David Thoreau (category Ecological succession)
both a philosopher and an analyst of ecological patterns in fields and woodlots. For instance, "The Succession of Forest Trees", shows that he used experimentation...
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Vegetation (category Ecological succession)
at a slower pace is ubiquitous; it comprises the field of ecological succession. Succession is the relatively gradual change in structure and taxonomic...
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Regeneration (ecology) (redirect from Ecological regeneration)
regeneration in ecology. As ecological succession sets in, a forest will slowly regenerate towards its former state within the succession (climax or any intermediate...
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and wind. This leads to seven ecological zones within the park, which provides a classic example of ecological succession. A National Natural Landmark...
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Robert Whittaker (ecologist) (category Ecological succession)
was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1974, received the Ecological Society of America's Eminent Ecologist Award in 1981, and was otherwise...
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Cold seep (section Formation and ecological succession)
composition's orderly shift from one set of species to another is called ecological succession. The first type of organism to take advantage of this deep-sea energy...
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Tropical rainforest (section Forest succession)
a long history of ecological succession, influenced by natural events and human activities. They are crucial for global ecological functions, including...
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Old field (ecology) (category Ecological succession)
fields are canonically defined as an intermediate stage found in ecological succession in an ecosystem advancing towards its climax community, a concept...
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aquatic plants and invertebrates living in the river. This type of ecological succession from freshwater to marine ecosystem is typical of river estuaries...
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years later, Surtsey was declared a nature reserve for the study of ecological succession; plants, insects, birds, seals, and other forms of life have since...
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approach is sometimes considered too restrictive, as it prohibits ecological succession. Biodiversity is usually plotted as taxonomic richness of a geographic...
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Edge effects (category Ecological succession)
(e.g., fire or flood) or human related activities, subject borders to successional changes over time. Narrow – One habitat abruptly ends and another begins...
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Intermediate disturbance hypothesis (category Ecological succession)
hypothesis (IDH) suggests that local species diversity is maximized when ecological disturbance is neither too rare nor too frequent. At low levels of disturbance...
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