secondary succession

Secondary succession occurs where a disturbance has taken place but soil remains and is able to support plant growth.

Predominate the savannah vegetation in various stages of secondary succession.

She was an expert on secondary succession of woodlands, about which she wrote several papers.

Secondary succession is much more common than primary succession in the tropics.

Soil properties change during secondary succession in Imperata grassland area.

Less severe disturbance like forest fires, hurricanes or cultivation result in secondary succession.

Secondary succession is much more commonly observed and studied than primary succession.

Ecological secondary succession is much more common and pertains to the process of vegetation replacement after a natural disturbance.

Land was abandoned and secondary succession began.

Less severe disturbances like individual start-up failures or support organization reorganization result in secondary succession.

The area, thus disused, was colonised naturally by grasses and trees in a "secondary succession".

An example of seral communities in secondary succession is a recently logged coniferous forest.

Historical ecology recognizes that there is a primary and a secondary succession that occurs in the landscape.

Autogenic succession can be viewed as a secondary succession because of pre-existing plant life.

For gap dynamics to occur in naturally disturbed areas, either primary or secondary succession must occur.

Successional dynamics following severe disturbance or removal of a pre-existing community are called secondary succession.

In some habitats it is a climax species but it also takes hold during secondary succession after a habitat has been disturbed.

Secondary succession in the tropics begins with pioneer species, which are rapidly growing and include vines and shrubs.

The old road is planned to be formally closed to hiking, so the process of secondary succession will be encouraged on the road bed.

Secondary succession is much faster than primary because the soil is already formed, although deteriorated and needing restoration as well.

Secondary succession is one of the two types of ecological succession of plant life.

Because of residual fertility and pre-existing organisms, community change in early stages of secondary succession can be relatively rapid.

Soil carbon stocks also increase upon secondary succession from Imperata grassland to secondary forest.

Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of primary or secondary succession.

Unlike in primary succession, the species that dominate secondary succession, are usually present from the start of the process, often in the soil seed bank.