1. Succession in Ecosystems

7. Primary Succession PRIMARY SUCCESSION THEN PROCEEDS AS SMALLER, FASTER GROWING PLANT SPECIES ARE REPLACED BY SLOWER GROWING, MORE STABLE TREE SPECIES

10. Primary succession SUCCESSION ENDS IN DIFFERENT CLIMAX COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES

14. Secondary succession THE DISTURBED AREA WILL GO THROUGH A SERIES OF CHANGES SIMILAR TO PRIMARY SUCCESSION IN WHICH SMALLER, FASTER GROWING SPECIES ARE GRADUALLY REPLACED BY LARGER, MORE STABLE TREE SPECIES

15. Secondary succession

16. Pond Succession SMALLER POND HABITATS CAN ALSO UNDERGO SUCCESSION AS THEY FILL IN WITH SEDIMENT AND SOIL AND SLOWLY CHANGE INTO A CLIMAX FOREST COMMUNITY

17. Pond Succession