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polet [3.4K]
3 years ago
5

A windstorm in a forest blows down the largest trees in a particular area of the forest. Soon, sun-loving plants sprout in the n

ew clearing. What type of succession is this? What do you think the area will look like in 5 years? 50 years?
Biology
1 answer:
Misha Larkins [42]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Secondary succession

Explanation:

When a previously occupied area is re-colonized after a natural disaster or human  activities that wiped out the previous community, then the type of succession is called a secondary succession.   A practical example is abandoned farmland that a farmer left for a period of time and later revisited  for farming afterwards.

Because the pioneer organism( sun-loving plants )  were already on ground it will be fast  for them to populate the area,grasses will   sprout up  too. insects, dentritivores, reptiles will move into the habitats.

After 5years;The habitat is populated by  shrubs, which owns the forest floors.  small pine, oak may soon join.a  stable climax community.

Assuming the community is not interfere with  bigger  dominant trees , e,g the oak developed  and other tree  developed to bigger tree , followed by more  insects, birds, rodents, herbivores and some carnivores, This entire sequence of event may take 50 years, to reach this climax community.

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