Ecological Succession In The Lion King

Ecological succession is predictable change over time in an ecosystem. There are two kinds of ecological succession, and those are primary and secondary succession. Both of these can affect a community is various ways.
In the Lion King, secondary succession, which is a type of ecological succession that is a result of a disturbance which changes an existing community without removing the soil, shows up and it greatly, affects the community. When Scar becomes king, the land goes into a great drought and many plants travel away and the plants die. When the fire breaks out through the ecosystem, it burns and creates a new opportunity for the ecosystem for redevelop, because the soil still remained. Then Simba becomes king, and the ecosystem flourishes and the animals make their way back. The ecological succession that happened in this ecosystem greatly affected the community; all the animals left and migrated, for there was no food. This caused the food web to greatly change and because of the lack of nutrients the plants failed too.
There are also examples in real life that show how ecological succession can affect a community. The example from the Lion King is an example of secondary …show more content…
The first example is a spider building its web on a tree. The spider is benefitting from the tree by having a place to put its home or habitat, while the tree is not benefitting or being harmed by the web. This kind of relationship is called commensalism. Commensalism is when one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. The next type of symbiosis is parasitism, and that is when one benefits and the other is harmed. One example is mosquitoes to humans or other mammals. The mosquito is getting the blood and the nutrients that it needs, while the humans are getting itchy bumps and discomfort. The mosquito is befitting; the human is definitely