Question

Different types of changes take place in ecosystems after they experience a disturbance. From June to September 1988, 51 different wildfires started in Yellowstone Park. By the end of the summer, approximately 794,000 acres of the park were affected, including about 24 percent of the whitebark pine forest population, many lodgepole pine stands, and a variety of other plants and animals. Photo by National Park Service Which type of change was seen in the ecosystems affected by the 1988 fires in Yellowstone Park? primary succession secondary succession a climax community species extinction

Answer 1

B
on edgeunity

secoundary  sucession

Answer 2

Answer:

Option B, Secondary Succession

Explanation:

In secondary succession, a well-established habitat or environment gets destabilized or disturbed due to any natural calamity and then life regenerate after sometime from the life remains of previous settlement. For example – life originating in a forest that has previously faced forest fire.  

Here in this question, several acres of forest and nearly 24% of wildlife population was destroyed. But in the photos shared by National Park Service, remarks of revival of flora and fauna could be seen. Hence, it is a case of redevelopment after destruction. Thus, option B is correct