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Disturbance and Succession NOTES
• An event that causes loss of life in a community
• Measured by scale, intensity, and frequency
• Moderate disturbance can increase diversity in communities
I. Disturbance
II. Population Growth (post-disturbance and otherwise)
Carrying Capacity: maximum population size an ecosystem can sustain Limiting Factor/ Resource: factors that influence carrying capacity
K-strategists
r-strategists
carrying capacitylimiting factors
# of organisms
time
Many species of organisms in an area is a community.1. An existing______________of isreplaced by a different community over periods of time ranging from a few decades to thousands of years.
community organisms
III. Ecological Succession
Secondary succession
Primary succession
III. Ecological Succession
Early seral stages
Later seral stages
Mid seral stages
Climax stage
r-strategists
K-strategists
Pioneer species
2. Disturbance/ uninhabited area lichens, (produce acids to break down rocks), produce a thin soil, mosses, (change soil) , weeds, grasses, (pioneer species), perennial herbs, shrubs, trees, insects, birds, animals
III. Ecological Succession
In primary succession only
3. Climax community – stable collection of organisms – which reach a stage
stable than those that preceded.
Nature of the climax community depends on climate: varies from rainforest to shrubland to grassland, etc.
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III. Ecological Succession
4. Trends in many successionsChange in community structure: Replacement of opportunistic, early-stage (r-strategists) with late-stage (K-strategists)Increased nutrients available.Increased biomass (living material)
Increase in diversity (especially with small, regular disturbances)Increased complexity (i.e. in food web)Increased stability between photosynthesis (producers) and respiration (consumers)
III. Ecological Succession
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