ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
Charles François (2004). ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1002.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1002 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented |
The process of progressive restablishment of anecosystem after a strong perturbation .
(E.P. ODUM, 1997).
The reorganized ecosystem may be, for some time or definitively, different from the original one, depending on steady or changing environmental conditions.
The succession is predictable within limits. It can be deeply affected by human action . For ex. cultivated land can replace forest in a definitive way and complete reversal may never anymore be possible.