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Bio Standard B.11(D)
describe how events and processes that occur during ecological succession can...
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecological succession | the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established |
| Population diversity | the variation in genetic and morphological features that define the different populations. |
| Species diversity | in a biological community, the number and abundance of different species. |
| Diversity | the quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc. |
| Succeed | unidirectional change in the composition of an ecosystem as the available competing organisms and especially the plants respond to and modify the environment |
| Ecosystem | biological community and all the nonliving factors that affect it. |
| Community | group of interacting populations that live in the same geographic area at the same time. |
| Species | group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. |