2.7 vocab

• Primary succession: occurs on surfaces that are initially devoid of soil
• Secondary succession: occurs in areas that have been disturbed but still have soil
• Pioneer species: a species that can colonize new areas rapidly and grow well in full sunshine
• climax community/stage: the end stage to primary and secondary succession
• disturbance: an event, caused by physical, chemical, or biological events, resulting in changes in population size or community composition
• resistance: a measure of how much a disturbance can affect flows of energy and matter in an ecosystem
• restoration ecology: the study and implementation of restoring damaged ecosystems