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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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 is an extinct family of large, very early herbivorous therapsids that flourished during the Guadalupian period. They are distinguished...
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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • ISBN 978-0-19-920462-5. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 9(i) Plant Succession "Ecological Succession in Biotic Community". 30 November 2014. Dini-Andreote, Francisco;...
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