The process of secondary succession happens in stages, with each stage playing a crucial role in restoring the land to a ...

The process of secondary succession is similar, but does not begin from the blank slate of bare rock. Instead, it begins with a disturbance of some kind to an existing community — the death of a large ...

Secondary succession occurs after a fire or other disturbance when the landscape is significantly altered, but the building blocks of soil are already present.

Along these lines, I’ve often considered the Great Chicago Fire an analogical example of secondary succession. I don’t imagine the fire or world-class architecture that sprung up in its wake needs ...

However, the importance of plant—soil feedback in historical contigency processes and plant community dynamics is largely unknown. In microcosms, we tested how six early-successional plant species of ...