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Chapter 20
Section 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the number of different species in an area or community | species richness |
| a measure of the relative adundance of each species in an ecological community | species evenness |
| a pattern in which the number of species in an area increases as the area increases | species-area effect |
| in ecology, an event that changes a community by removing or destroying organisms or altering resource availability | disturbance |
| the tendency of a community to maintain a relatively constant structure | stability |
| a gradual process of change and replacement in a community | ecological succession |
| a succession that begins in an area that previously did not support life | primary succession |
| the process by which one community replaces another community that has been partially or totally destroyed | secondary succession |
| a species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species become established | pioneer species |
| a community that, after a process of ecological sucession, has reached a generably stable state | climax community |