Succession Vocab

The number/variety of different species in an area

• Biodiversity

• Threatened Species

• Genetic Diversity

• Keystone Diversity

Variety of habitats, living communities, and ecological processes in the living world

• Ecosystem Diversity

• Extinction

• Native Species

• Endangered Species

Species that are native and found only within a limited area

• Endangered Species

• Invasive Species

• Endemic Species

• Genetic Diversity

A species that is likely to become extinct if protective measures are not taken immediately

• Native Species

• Endangered Species

• Endemic Species

• Genetic Diversity

Succession that occurs in an area that previously did not support life

• Old Field Succession

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Endangered Succession

A species not native to a particular region

• Invasive Species

• Native Species

• Endemic Species

• Keystone species

All the different genes contained within all members of a population

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem diversity

• Species Diversity

• Genetic diversity

A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.

• Biodiversity

• Extinction

• Endemic

• Keystone

Species that has a declining population and that is likely to become endangered

• Keystone Species

• Endangered Species

• Invasive Species

• Pioneer Species

Succession that occurs in an area where an ecosystem has previously existed

• Old-field

• Secondary Succession

• Primary succession

• Endangered Succession