13 - Forest and Succession

Question 1

changing conditions let one set of species gradual replacement others

Answer 1

Ecological Succession

Question 2

each stage of a successional process

Answer 2

Seral

Question 3

Biotic community develops where none currently present, raw area

Answer 3

primary succession

Question 4

Redevelopment of biotic community after partial destruction

Answer 4

secondary succession

Question 5

last succession stage, relatively stable, long-lasting, complex, interrelated

Answer 5

“climax community” (not called that anymore)

Question 6

plant and animal species over time replaced by similar species

Answer 6

mature community

Question 7

progression through several seral stages, e.g., fire, returning to earlier stage

Answer 7

Cyclic Succession

Question 8

natural or human-induced event/process interrupting ecological succession

Answer 8

disturbance

Question 9

soil location where plant seeds accumulate, typically fire-succession community

Answer 9

Seed Bank

Question 10

fire adaptation, retain non-dormant seeds in a cone or woody fruit until a fire (a species that has adapted to fire)

Answer 10

Serotiny

Question 11

mature/climax community where vegetation is largely influenced by climate

Answer 11

climatic climax

Question 12

field of study, and practice, help repair environmental damage challenging and costly, so better to avoid degradation

Answer 12

ecological restoration

Question 13

diversity is high, if the forest ecosystem experiences moderate disturbance

Answer 13

intermediate disturbance hypothesis

Question 14

human initiated/controlled ecological fire to restore natural fire regime forest management sanctioned burning of a select portion of forest

Answer 14

prescribed burning