AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ecological succession is the process by which the mix of species and habitat in an area changes over time. Gradually, these communities replace one another until a “climax community”-like a mature forest-is reached, or until a disturbance, like a fire, occurs. Ecological succession is a fundamental concept in ecology.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 5 stages of Ecological Succession in successive order are-Nudation, Invasion, Competition and Co-action, Reaction, and Climax or Stabilization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Succession may be initiated either by formation of new, unoccupied habitat, such as from a lava flow or a severe landslide, or by some form of disturbance of a community, such as from a fire, severe windthrow, or logging.

Detailed explanation-4: -For over a century, ecologists have investigated the nature of these changes in communities, documenting the causes and patterns of change, indentifying mechanisms for change, and developing sets of general principles to explain this change. This change in community composition over time is termed succession.

Detailed explanation-5: -The process of ecological changes that establishes a series of natural communities that are replaced over time is known as succession and is of two types primary and secondary. The primary succession of water bodies such as lakes and ponds results in the conversion of these water bodies into the land community.