Question

A small town in the piney woods of East Texas has a soccer field composed of native grasses. The soccer field is mowed once a week.
What effect does continual mowing have on the ecology of the field?

A)
Mowing increases the likelihood of nonnative species displacing native species.


B)
Mowing increases the number of species found in the field.


C)
Mowing causes different types of communities to form across the field.


D)
Mowing maintains a low species diversity by inhibiting succession.

Answer 1

Explanation:

D)  Mowing maintains a low species diversity by inhibiting succession.

Mowing reduces the chances of growth of a new species within the community that may add to its complexity.

Succession involves small scale changes within a community that occur repeatedly over the life of that community.  Ecological communities are highly dynamic- they gradually evolve. Typically their progression involves:

• colonizing species exploiting uninhabited areas (Primary succession)
• becoming a habitable and increasingly complex community
• there is increased diversity of organisms (Secondary)

Further Explanation:

The makeup of biological communities is crucial to defining Primary and Secondary succession; eventually, through changes in this makeup, a steady-state or equilibrium is reached called a climax community. While Primary succession starts off with the modification of a previously unoccupied area along with increasing variation; secondary succession begins after major disruption in the community such as fires, storms and flooding.

However, the process of becoming a climax community can be pretty complicated- it is very dependent on other factors like temperature and rainfall. Communities that experience rapid change, frequent major disruptions and even human intervention, are less likely to attain a stable equilibrium and may never become climax communities.

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