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20.2 Vocabulary
Terms for chapter twenty section two: Modern Biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| species richness | the number of species in the community. |
| species evenness | the relative abundance of each species. |
| specie-area effect | a pattern of species richness where larger areas usually contain more species than smaller areas do. |
| disturbances | events that change communities, remove or destroy organisms from communities, or alter resource availability. |
| stability | the tendency of a community to maintain relatively constant conditions stability therefore relates to the community's resistance to disturbances. |
| ecological succession | the gradual, sequental regrowth of a community of species in an area. |
| primary succession | the development of a community in an area that has not supported life previously. (ie: bare rock, sand dune, etc.) |
| secondary succession | the sequential replacement of species that follows disruption of an existing country. |
| pioneer species | the species of organisms that predominate early in succession. |
| climax community | the stable end point of succession. |