ecological succession

Ecological succession is the process by which the component species of a community changes over time.

Although the area has potential as a park, it is just one stage in the ecological succession process above being a landfill.

It can be found in each stage of ecological succession on grasslands.

Ecological succession has taken place on the island to create topsoil able to support ecosystems.

This allows the natural ecological succession for the island to proceed without outside interference.

Fire prevents ecological succession in the open habitat where the plant grows.

Once these fields were abandoned, the process of ecological succession proceeded relatively rapidly.

It is found in the early to middle (seral) stages of ecological succession.

Such alteration, accompanied by changes in the abundance of different species over time, is called ecological succession.

Ecological succession is generally defined as the successive occupation of a site by different plant communities.

Leichhardt trees are pioneer species, settling areas leading to ecological succession.

They are often the first plants to take hold in a mudflat and begin its ecological succession into a salt marsh.

They are eventually erased by washout, erosion, and ecological succession.

Without fire, sandhills undergo ecological succession and become more oak dominated.

Here Cowles found evidence of ecological succession in the vegetation and the soil with relation to age.

Ecological succession, is the process by which a specific ecology has more or less orderly and predictable changes after disturbance like a fire.

In these areas ecological succession occurs and large, woody vegetation moves in.

It may invade grassland along with mesquite during the process of ecological succession.

Community composition's orderly shift from one set of species to another is called ecological succession:

"Hey, we've got ecological succession here," he added suddenly, pointing to portions now speckled with new growth.

Biomes are often identified with particular patterns of ecological succession and climax vegetation.

These investigations pioneered the study of ecological succession.

Ecological succession, the series of changes in an ecological community that occur over time after a disturbance.

For ecologists, this latter approach is sometimes considered too restrictive, as it prohibits ecological succession.

This leads to seven ecological zones within the park, which provide a classic example of ecological succession.