Ecological succession
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Ecological succession is the phenomenon or process by which an ecological community undergoes more or less orderly and predictable changes following disturbance or initial colonization of new habitat. Ecological succession was first documented in the Indiana Dunes of Northwest Indiana. This led to efforts to preserve the Indiana Dunes. Exhibits on ecological succession are displayed in the Hour Glass, a museum in Ogden Dunes. Succession was among the first theories advanced in ecology and the study of succession remains at the core of ecological science. Succession may be initiated either by formation of new, unoccupied habitat (e.g., a lava flow or a severe landslide) or by some form of disturbance (e.g. fire, severe windthrow, logging) of an existing community. Succession that begins in new habitats, uninfluenced by pre-existing communities is called primary succession, whereas succession that follows disruption of a pre-existing community is called secondary succession.
- Related: Ecological stability
| Science Aid: Succession Science Aid: Succession scienceaid.co.uk/biology/ecology/ecosystems.html - Web |
| Biographical sketch of Henry Chandler Cowles. Biographical sketch of Henry Chandler Cowles. oz.plymouth.edu/~lts/ecology/ecohistory/cowles.html - Web |
| Robbert Murphy sees a significantly ideological, r... Robbert Murphy sees a significantly ideological, rather than scientific, basis for the disfavour shown towards succession by the current ecological orthodoxy and seeks to reinstate succession by holistic and teleological argument. www.edwardgoldsmith.com/page119.html - Web |
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