Secondary succession in healthy ecosystems following natural disturbances often reproduces the original community, however ecosystems may not recover from human-caused disturbances. Ecological succession is a series of more-or-less predictable changes that occur in a community over time.
Ecosystems recover from a disturbance by ecological succession.
An "Ecological Succession" is a series of changes that occur in an ecosystem after a type of disturbance. This continues until the balance of the eco system is restored.
