To assist individual and for communities to function as effectively as possible in the major domains of living.
Anything that is considered alive must exhibit ALL 7 characteristics of life. A virus may show some characteristics, but it does not show all, so therefore, its not alive.
True, when succession occurs after a disaster, like a wild fire, its called secondary succession.
Secondary succession occurs when an existing population has been reduced due to a fire. So that it occurs on soil that was already present prior to the disaster.
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