ECOLOGY
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
It will stay this way unless disturbed
|
|
|
A volcano erupts
|
|
|
Larger trees grow and larger animals move into the area
|
|
|
Lichens and mosses grow on bare rock
|
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 change in an ecosystem that happens when one community replaces another as a result of changing abiotic and biotic factors is ecological succession.
Detailed explanation-3: -Life Cycle of a Tree. As with all living things, trees have a life cycle – from conception (seed), to birth (sprout), to infancy (seedling), to juvenile (sapling), to adult (mature), to elderly (decline), and finally to death (snag/rotting log).
Detailed explanation-4: -All plant growth depends on the availability of water, which in forest ecosystems is provided primarily by precipitation, but can also be provided by access to groundwater or, in riparian forest communities, to stream water.