Exam 20: Succession

Sequential changes in community structure over physical distance, primarily influenced by time, are known as a

The ecological engineering view of restoration, where habitat creation is stressed over replanting, has recently been termed the _________ view.

Fire suppression and the introduction of hundreds of thousands of cattle into the American west hindered the expansion of pinyon pine and juniper trees.

Species richness usually decreases in the later stages of succession.

A review of restoration projects from around the world have revealed that ecosystem services are increased about ______% in restored over degraded habitats.

The three basic approaches to habitat restoration are

Which of the following is a characteristic of species which occur in the early stages of succession?

Which of the following areas are currently undergoing secondary succession?

Which of the following areas are currently undergoing primary succession?

Small biomass plants are more frequent in the later stages of succession.

In the recovery of tobacco fields to natural communities in North Carolina, the earliest species to colonize are

In New England salt marshes, Spartina grass stabilizes the rocky substrate and reduces water velocity, allowing seedlings of other plant species to emerge. This is an example of

What is the correct sequence of seres during succession at Glacier Bay, Alaska?

Facilitation and inhibition can happen in different seral stages in the same community

Succession only occurs in terrestrial systems where soils are formed.

In this process, any species can start succession but the eventual climax community is reached in a somewhat orderly fashion

In the wake of glacier retreat, early colonizing species make environments _________ for other species.

Invasive Tamarix trees in the southwestern US and Australia increase soil salts, preventing other plant species from colonizing. This is an example of

Succession occurs following all the following disturbances except