OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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create shade for smaller plants
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to be the first species in a primary succession disturbance and help make soil
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to be a dominating plant in a climax community
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to grow where there is soil to indicate to other plants where to grow
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Detailed explanation-1: -Decomposition of pioneer species provides organic material to make soil. Small annual plants are able to grow on the soil. As the soil layer grows plants such as trees are able to colonize the area.
Detailed explanation-2: -These hardy plant and microbial species are also the first to return to environments that have been disrupted by events like wildfires and deforestation. Once they arrive, pioneer species begin the recovery of the ecosystem by making it more hospitable for later species.
Detailed explanation-3: -A pioneer organism, also called a disaster taxon, is an organism that populates a region after a (short-term) natural disaster, mass extinction, or any other event that kills off most life in that area.