Ecosystem Succession

Succession has helped people to understand that natural disasters; for example, tornadoes, melting of glaciers, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc., are not always bad things to happen. Even though these disasters may bring destruction, devastation, and death, the final outcome after the effect of succession usually means new life. Primary succession and secondary succession are two types of succession that effect the environment. "Primary succession is the change in species composition over time in a previously uninhabited …

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