Natural Disruptions To Ecosystem

Question 1

a measurement of how much an ecosystem changes after a disruption (forest fire, invasive species…). If there is little change, the ecosystem has a high resistance and is considered to be quite stable.

Answer 1

Resistance

Question 2

the measure of how quickly the ecosystem can ‘bounce back’ from the disturbance. It is ecosystem recovery time.

Answer 2

Resilience

Question 3

Maximum species diversity is reached when an ecosystem experiences an intermediate level of disturbance. It is because both early and late succession species are able to survive at the same time.

Answer 3

Intermediate disturbance hypothesis