Models of Succession in Ecology

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What is the primary focus of the concept of ecological succession?

Increasing biodiversity through time

Maintaining stability within a community

Replacing one community with another until a stable state is reached (correct)

Promoting rapid changes within ecosystems

Which factor can influence the susceptibility of a community to disturbance?

The time elapsed since the last disturbance (correct)

The standing-crop biomass of the community

The presence of keystone mutualists

The diversity of species within the community

What is the term used for each transitory community in a sequence of communities during ecological succession?

Seral stage (correct)

Serene stage

Successional community

Transitionary state

In which type of succession does the creation of a 'blank slate' occur?

Primary succession Signup and view all the answers

Which factor often increases throughout ecological succession?

Biodiversity Signup and view all the answers

What type of elemental cycling is exemplified by Peter Vitousek's work in Hawaii along successional gradients?

Nitrogen fixing Signup and view all the answers

'Compounded perturbations within the normative recovery time' can result in what according to the text?

'Irreversible' ecological consequences Signup and view all the answers

'Susceptibility to disturbance may be a function of' what, according to the provided text?

Time since last disturbance Signup and view all the answers

What does 'succession of communities to a climax community' entail?

Orderly replacement of communities until stability is reached Signup and view all the answers

What term is used for the sequence of communities during ecological succession?

Seral sequence Signup and view all the answers

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What is the primary focus of the concept of ecological succession?

Which factor can influence the susceptibility of a community to disturbance?

What is the term used for each transitory community in a sequence of communities during ecological succession?

In which type of succession does the creation of a 'blank slate' occur?

Which factor often increases throughout ecological succession?

What type of elemental cycling is exemplified by Peter Vitousek's work in Hawaii along successional gradients?

'Compounded perturbations within the normative recovery time' can result in what according to the text?

'Susceptibility to disturbance may be a function of' what, according to the provided text?

What does 'succession of communities to a climax community' entail?

What term is used for the sequence of communities during ecological succession?

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