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Name Date j Principles of Ecology Succession—Notes (**This note guide does not use Managing Our Natural Resources) Succession: Changes over time is the orderly, natural changes and species replacements that take place in the communities of an ecosystem. * Succession occurs in stages that are somewhat predictable. * Succession is difficult to observe because it takes community succeed from one to another. to see the Two types of succession: 1. is the colonization of new land that is exposed by avalanches, volcanoes, or glaciers by pioneer organisms. (Starts from rocks) 2. is the sequence of community changes that take place after a community is disrupted by natural disasters or human actions. (Start from soil & left over organisms) Characteristics of primary succession: 1. The first species to colonize an area in primary succession are . 2. The final community in succession that is a stable, mature community that undergoes little or no change in species is called a . Characteristics of secondary succession: 1. Secondary succession begins in places that have had communities of organisms exist before. They also begin with soil instead of rock. This means they take primary succession. 2. Secondary succession begins with and ends with a just like primary succession communities. Comparing and contrasting primary and secondary succession: 1. Similarities: 2. Differences: 1 time to change than Causes of plant succession: 1. Plants immigrate by means of (spread) and then germinate in new locations. 2. Plants with each other for light, water, and nutrients. The best “competitor” wins. 3. : plants add organic matter to the topsoil which alters the soil. This in turn changes the plants and animals that live in that site. 4. Succession “seeks” stability. : As plants slowly modify the site, this leads to some stable state. Forces that slow or reverse succession: *Retrogression can occur in response to fire, overgrazing, introduced species, drought, and other biotic & abiotic factors. End-point of succession (climax community): 1. The mature community that will result from is not always 2. Events such as drought, fire, or grazing during succession may alter the final stable community. Ecosystem response to disturbance: 1. Some ecosystems are not easily disturbed—they have high restoring the ecosystem is difficult—low 2. Other ecosystems have low . . But once disturbed, . (i.e., tropical rainforest) and high . (i.e., temperate grasslands) 3. This affects the impact of humans on ecosystems, in other words, how fragile an ecosystem is. *Summary of ecosystem function: Living systems have 6 major features. Interdependences (i.e., (i.e., limiting factors and environmental resistance) Diversity Unpredictability (i.e., ) ) : ability to recover from disturbance Adaptability: ability to adapt to disturbance ( 2 )