What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?
Secondary
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Give an example of a density independent limiting factor
Answers vary - any natural disaster or major weather related event
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Species who have the niche of being early colonizers to new ecosystems
Pioneer Species
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trap
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gift
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True/False: Climate change can be an ecological disturbance that many ecosystems may not recover from
True
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rocket
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What is the carrying capacity of the population portrayed in this graph?
About 500
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This is the process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. The time scale can be decades (for example, after a wildfire), or even millions of years after a mass extinction.
Ecological Succession
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These organisms can break down rocks and create soil through decomposition of their bodies
Lichen
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When organisms enter and live in a new population
Immigrate (Immigration)
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The end result of ecological succession is usually a(n)
Climax Community
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The largest number of individuals that an area can support is called its
Carrying capacity
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True/False: Parasitism and disease are density dependent limiting factors.