3.2.5 ecosystems at a local scale
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the change of land and growth of vegitation over time
sere
a stage in the development
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define succession
the change of land and growth of vegitation over time
sere
a stage in the development
seral progression
the move from one sere to another as new plants colonise the area
pioneer comunity
the first sere
prisere
land not previously conolised by plants
xerosere
a dry environment
hydrosere
a wet environment
lithosere
an area dominated by rocks
hydrosere
an area dominated by fresh water
psammosere
an area dominated by sand
halosere
an area dominated by salt water
primary succession
the sequence of vegetational changes that takes place on land not previously colonised by plants
climatic climax
the final stages of plant success
Plagioclimax community
humans interrupt the process of succession e.g. farming, deforestation
Sub-climax community
natural interruptions to the process of successions. E.g. lava flows
arresting factors
the process of human or natural factors that interrupts the process of succession
Secondary succession (subsere)
the sequence of vegetational changes that takes place on land that was previously vegetated but has undergone loss of vegetation through an arresting factor