Succession

Question 0

Secondary succession

Answer 0

Redevelopment of a place with soil where a previous community was destroyed

Question 1

Primary succession

Answer 1

When a plant colonizes on bare rock where plants have never grown before (no soil)

Question 2

Serial stage

Answer 2

The the process from pioneer to climax community

Question 3

Sere

Answer 3

Total change from pioneer to climax community

Question 4

Climax community

Answer 4

Most developed community with an achieved state of steady equilibrium

Question 5

Pioneer community

Answer 5

Initial stages of growth

Question 6

Production and Respiration : P/R ratio

Answer 6

Describes the relationship between rates of production rates of respiration in a community
P/r=1 steady state community
p/r < 1 p is greater than r and biomass increases
P/r> 1 p is less than r and biomass depleted

Question 7

Disturbance

Answer 7

Unusual or unnatural occurrences that disrupts the orderly processes of a community

Question 8

Plagioclimax

Answer 8

Anthropogenic disturbances that halt succession which alters the community towards a different climax .

Question 9

Order of aerial stages ?

Answer 9

Bare rock (no life , no soil , only salt)
Lichen (sticks to rock for salt) 
Moss (grows on trees and has no veins 
Grasses and ferns (simple plants )
Herbaceous plants ( simple plants) 
Shrubs and trees (complex plants )