FOREST ECOLOGY
FOREST SUCCESSION
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Question
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Which of the following represents secondary succession?
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Moss growing on top of rocks
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Plants growing in a forest that was destroyed by fire
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Plants growing on sand dunes
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Plants growing on a new volcanic island that formed in the ocean
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Secondary succession starts when a disturbance (such as wind storms, insect outbreaks, logging, avalanches, bulldozers, or fire) leaves the soil intact. Seeds, spores, and roots usually remain as well. Sites that begin with secondary succession reach the next stage more quickly than during primary succession.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary succession-Succession where natural communities develop in an area that was earlier occupied by living organisms that were somehow lost. It begins in areas where natural biotic communities have been destroyed such as in abandoned farm lands, deforested lands, flooded lands, burned forests, etc.
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