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Ecological Succession

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Total cards: 10•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Succession

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Process Where Organisms occupy a site and change its environmental conditions, gradually making way for another type of community

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Successional Series

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• Organic Matter • Increase Soil Depth • Improved Soil structure • Decrease soil erosion • Increase mineral Recycling

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Organic Matter Accumulation

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Released by plants and other organisms

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Increase Soil Depth

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Organic matter helps bind mineral matter together

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Improved soil struture

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Increase organic matter content and increase retention and drainage of water

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Decrease soil erosion

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Binding action of roots of larger plants

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Increase Mineral recycling

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More minerals present in soil and biomass

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Primary Succession

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Land without soil colonized by living organisms where none have existed before

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Secondary Succession

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New community develops from biological legacy of previous (occurs after a disturbances)

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Pioneer Community

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• Made up of resilient pioneer species - Able to immigrate quickly and can survive harsh environments with few resources • Create pockets/crevices in rocks - patches of organic matter accumulate, water is retained and soil is formed