13.2 Succession Flashcards
What is succession?
A series of changes within a community
What is succession?
A series of changes within a community
Starts from barn rock to a climax community
What is the initial environment of succession like and what lives there?
Hostile
Only lichens and marram grass is adapted to the abiotic conditions
Name 4 climax communities
Coniferous, temperate, tropical rain forest
Grassland
Tundra
Desert
Pioneer species definition
The organisms that first colonise an area
Sere definition
A complete succession from pioneer community to9 climax community
Seral st
Seral stage definition
A particular stage in the succession with its own distinctive community of organisms
Climax community definition
The final stage in an ecological succession, stable and changes very little
Hostility definition
Climax community
The final stage in an ecological succession, stable and changes very little
Abiotic environment definition
Non living parts off the environment
Hostility definition
When abiotic factors are unfavourable and few species are adapted to survive these conditions
Diversity definition
The relationship between the number of individual organisms and number of species within the community
Diversity definition
The relationship between the number of individual organisms and number of species within the community
