What is an example of ecological succession? Ecological succession can occur in many contexts and over many time spans. In Hawaii and Iceland, primary succession occurs on lava flows where new land ...

Researchers have characterized primary succession in this system, where plant communities progress from pioneer species (i.e., early colonizing lichens, liverworts, and forbs) to creeping shrubs ...

In temperate forests, symbiotic nitrogen (N) fixation is restricted to the early phases of succession despite the persistence of N limitation on production late in succession. This paradox has yet to ...