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Climax Commumity
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Final, stable community that forms when land is left undisturbed
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Succesion
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Is a regular pattern of changes over time in the types of species in a community.
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Pioneer
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The first organisms to colonize any newly available area and start the process of succession
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Perennial
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Then taller plants such as perennial grasses, move in.
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Secondary Succession
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Pattern of change in area where an ecosystem has previously exsited
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Primary Succession
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Succession that occurs in area where no ecosystem has exsited previously
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Examples of secondary succession
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secondary succession is old-field succession, which occurs when farm land is abandoned
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Examples of primary succession
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For example and in areas exposed when a glacier retreats
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