Ecological Succession

Replacement of one type of community by another at a single place over time

• symbiosis
• succession
• competition
• cooperation

First species to arrive in an area

• invasive species
• abiotic components
• pioneer species
• parasites

Stable, final stage of succession

• adaptation
• pioneer species
• niche
• climax community

What do you call the series of changes that occur when there is no soil or organisms that exist in an area?

• Secondary succession

• Primary succession

• Royal succession

• Ecosystem

What do you call changes that occur after a fire, flood, or other natural disaster that disturbs an ecosystem?

• Primary succession

• secondary succession

• factors in succession

• habitat