Ecological Succession

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What is the difference between primary and secondary succession? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre sucesión primaria y secundaria?

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Primary succession does not have soil and secondary succession does. La sucesión primaria no tiene suelo y la sucesión secundaria sí.

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What is the name given to lichen or algae after a primary succession?

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pioneer species

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Which of the following is true in a climax community?

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They are stable for a long time, with the same species maintaining their population

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As succession progresses, animal species diversity.

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increases aumenta

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During secondary succession, why do decomposing pioneer plants give way to larger, more complex plant species, such as hardwood trees?

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Increased amounts of soil from decomposing pioneer species allow plants with more extensive root systems to become established.

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A small town in the piney woods of East Texas has a soccer field composed of native grasses. The soccer field is mowed once a week. What effect does continual mowing have on the ecology of the field?

(Un pequeño pueblo en los bosques de pinos del este de Texas tiene una cancha de fútbol compuesta de pastos nativos. El campo de fútbol se corta una vez por semana. ¿Qué efecto tiene la siega continua en la ecología del campo?)

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Mowing maintains a low species diversity by inhibiting further succession.

(La siega mantiene una baja diversidad de especies al inhibir una mayor sucesión.)

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What kind of succession would occur after a forest fire goes through an area? (¿Qué tipo de sucesión ocurriría después de que un incendio forestal atraviese un área?)

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secondary succession (sucesión secundaria)