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The Succession Story

The Succession Story. Predict what will happen to the land in the following scenarios. You don’t mow your lawn next year. You never remove the mud from the bottom of your pond. Succession.

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The Succession Story

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  1. The Succession Story • Predict what will happen to the land in the following scenarios. • You don’t mow your lawn next year. • You never remove the mud from the bottom of your pond.

  2. Succession • Definition according to The American Heritage College Dictionary – the act or process of following in order or sequence • Ecological Definition - orderly succession of communities to a climax community (biome) • Ex:mosses grasses shrubs trees forest

  3. Succession Animationhttp://ilo.ecb.org/SourceFiles/succession.swf

  4. Two types of Succession • Primary succession - begins with bare rock exposed by geologic activity -Geologic activity includes lava flows, new islands, glacier retreat

  5. Two types of succession • Secondary succession – begins on soil from which previous community has been removed Ex. Fire and agriculture

  6. Important Terms • Pioneer community – the first collection of organisms to inhabit the newly exposed land

  7. Important Terms • Climax community – the collection of organisms that result from succession and are steady over time

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