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the predictable and orderly changes that occur over time in a community of plants and animals
ecological succession
100
the plant life in a area
vegetation
100
a scientist who studies plant life
botanist
200
the series of changes occurring in a newly formed, barren habitat
primary succession
200
a stage in the series of communities formed during ecological succession
sere
200
the series of changes occurring in an area where the existing ecosystem has been disturbed
secondary succession
300
the first species to populate or repopulate a barren or disturbed area
pioneer species
300
the scientific study of the relationships between organisms and their environments
ecology
300
the wood from conifers or evergreen trees
softwood
400
to establish growth in an ecological community
colonize
400
the base usually rock or soil, in which an organism lives
substrate
400
the wood from broad -leaves, mostly deciduous trees
hardwood
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