secondary succession

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secondary succession [¦sek·ən‚der·ē sək′sesh·ən]

(ecology)

Ecological succession that occurs in habitats where the previous community has been destroyed or severely disturbed, such as following forest fire, abandonment of agricultural fields, or epidemic disease or pest attack.

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No references found			Since the early twentieth century, predominant vegetative cover patterns have been altered from species-rich mature forests to secondary succession with babassu dominant to pasture or swidden fields containing palm stands of various densities. Palms, pastures, and swidden fields: the grounded political ecology ... by Porro, Roberto / Human Ecology Keywords: Forest composition, forest structure, Jefferson County, Indiana, oaks, Ohio buckeye, secondary succession, slippery elm, sugar maple Temperate forests in the midwestern United States have been subjected to natural disturbances since they evolved. Twenty-five years of forest succession in Happy Valley, Jefferson ... by MacMillan, Paul C. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science Mr Burnell said Mr Griffiths did not satisfy the criteria for secondary succession because his mother was secondary successor as stated in the Housing Act 1985. I lost my parents... now they've taken my home by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			secondary radiation secondary rainbow Secondary Raw Material secondary recovery secondary reference fuel secondary reflection Secondary Refrigerant secondary reinforcement secondary rescue facilities secondary reserves secondary root secondary school secondary sewage sludge Secondary Sex Characteristics secondary shaft Secondary Sowing secondary splits secondary standard secondary station secondary storage secondary stratification secondary stratigraphic trap secondary stress secondary structure secondary substation secondary succession secondary surveillance radar secondary target secondary tectonite secondary tide station secondary tissue secondary truss member secondary twinning secondary tympanic membrane secondary voltage secondary wall secondary wave secondary weapon secondary winding secondary xylem secondary-electron conduction seconds pendulum Secor Metropark Secord, Laura (Ingersoll) secos Secrecy of Correspondence secrecy system secret Secret Agent, The Secret Chancellery Secret Committees			secondary spongiosa secondary standard Secondary Standards Dosimetry Laboratory Secondary State Core Decision Group Secondary State Road/Route secondary station Secondary Stock Secondary Stock Point Secondary stocks secondary storage secondary storage secondary storage Secondary Storage Controller Secondary Storage Device secondary stratification secondary stratigraphic trap secondary stress secondary stress Secondary strike secondary structure secondary structure Secondary structure of proteins Secondary structure of proteins Secondary Structure Prediction by Deviation Parameter secondary structure RNA secondary structure RNA secondary structure RNA secondary structures secondary structures secondary substation secondary succession Secondary suite Secondary suite Secondary suite Secondary Supply Route Secondary Surge Arrester Secondary surveillance radar Secondary surveillance radar Secondary surveillance radar Secondary Switching Area Secondary Switching Device Secondary Symbol Estimation secondary symptom Secondary Synchronization Channel secondary syphilis secondary syphilis secondary syphilis Secondary System Relief secondary systemic amyloid Secondary Target Secondary Target secondary targets Secondary Tax on Companies secondary tectonite secondary teeth Secondary Telecommunications Center Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource secondary thrombocytosis secondary tide station Secondary tint secondary tissue

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