The type of succession in which the initial conditions are very harsh & the conditions changes very slowly. Changes can take hundreds to thousands of year.

The type of succession where the area has already been established but then disturbed or destroyed but the soil is still left intact and vegetation change happens much more quickly.

Species that are able to in survive hostile environments. Usually autotrophs, these species are the first to colonize areas. Their niche is to create new ecological niches for other species.

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The Ohia is the first species to inhabit new areas of lava flow. These plants are...

A graph that shows the number or proportion of individuals surviving to each age for a given species or group.

Tracks organisms that tend to live long lives (low death rate and high survivorship rate); toward the end of their life expectancies, however, there is a dramatic increase in the death rate.

Describes organisms with a high death rate (or low survivorship rate) immediately following birth. Examples include bacteria, fishes, and invertebrates.

These organisms typically live in unstable, unpredictable environments & are able to reproduce rapidly (exponentially). They do not take care of their young & are subject to predation.

These organisms occupy stable environments, are larger in size and have longer life expectancies. They produce, during their life spans, fewer offspring, but place a greater investment in each.

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At what hour did the bacterial population carrying capacity?