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| 194673255 | balance of nature | an environmental myth that states that the natural environment, when not influenced by human activity, will reach a constant status, unchanging over time, referred to as an equilibrium state | |
| 194673256 | chronic patchiness | one species may replace another, or an individual of the first species may replace it, but no overall general temporal pattern is established; succession never occurs, and the species that enters first remains until the next disturbance. | |
| 194673257 | climax state | the final stage of ecological succession and therefore an ecological community that continues to reproduce itself over time | |
| 194673258 | early-successional species | species that occur only or primarily during early stages of succession | |
| 194673259 | 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 | |
| 194673260 | facilitation | during succession, one species prepares the way for the next (and may even be necessary for the occurrence of the next) | |
| 194673261 | interference | early successional species that prevent the entrance of late-successional species | |
| 194673262 | late-successional species | species that occur only or primarily in, or are dominant in, late stages in succession | |
| 194673263 | life history difference | differences in life histories of the species allow some to arrive first and grow quickly, while others arrive later and grow more slowly; example: seed dispersal | |
| 194673264 | primary succession | the initial establishment and development of an ecosystem; succession that begins in an area with no remnants of an older community | |
| 194673265 | restoration ecology | applying ecological principles in an effort to return ecosystems that have been disturbed by human activity to a condition as similar as possible to their natural state | |
| 194673266 | secondary succession | succession on a site where an existing community has been disrupted | |
| 194673267 | successional stages | the various stages in the establishment and development of an ecosystem; includes the following stages: early, middle, late, and mature (climax) |
