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Hayley Akins - Ecological succession is the process of growth and regrowth within an ecosystem. This happens over the period of many years. An area with no soil can develop soil and eventually welcome plants and organisms for the first time or to return after a disturbance. Primary succession is the growth of a new ecological community. Secondary succession is the regrowth of a community after a disturbance such as a tornado or deforestation.

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Ryan Merrill - Ecological Succession is when organisms develop and change throughout time and how it is able to rebuild itself after a major disturbance. When a disturbance occurs, different pioneer species are the first to come to the devastated area. Over time, as the area develops, different animals and species grow and inhabit the area.

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Abby Dease: Ecological succession is the process by which the life cycle of an entire ecosystem is continually repeated, beginning with simple forms of plants and animals (pioneer species), which then grows into a larger and more diverse ecosystem with more complex plants and animals in many different stages. This typically occurs when a natural disturbance or disaster initiates change in an ecosystem that causes it to repeat the stages of growth as a means of restorations.

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Rachel Bernier - Ecological Succession is the process in which organisms, populations and communities gradually come back to inhabit an area. Succession is broken down into two parts: Primary and Secondary. Primary succession occurs when there is no soil after a disturbance and pioneer organisms have to start to build up the ecosystem. Secondary succession on the other hand is when soil remains after a ecological disturbance so the small plants can start the process rather than moss or lichen.

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Cynthia Reagan- Ecological succession is a process over time of organism growth in an ecological area. There are two types; Primary succession and Secondary succession. Primary succession is when a habitat starts from just rock, and secondary is when there is soil but not any or little living organisms.

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Lydia Runyambo- Ecological succession is the process of regrowth over time of organisms in an ecological community. In an area that doesn't contain soil erosion, wind, or rain eventually passes on a seed  that starts a cycle of growth of organisms in the area. In areas that are disturbed but still have soil go through a similar process as the other "bare rock" areas, but can be a bit faster because the soil is ready to be used.

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Jalessa Ellis - Ecological succession is the process where an ecosystem gradually changes over a long period of time.  In this process an uninhabited area is turned into a community and starts off with lichens or mosses.

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Demario Negron: Ecological succession is the development of organisms in an ecosystem. There are two types of succession: primary and secondary. Primary succession is the formation of an ecosystem in a "new" area, or an area without soil. Communities in these areas start out with a pioneer species that colonizes the area first. Common pioneer species include lichen and moss. Secondary succession is similar to primary, as it follows the same ecological sequence, though it takes place in an area that previously had plants and animals in a full ecological community, hence the term "secondary." This type of succession is normally preceded by an ecological disturbance, such as a natural disaster or human activity (deforestation). Both of these processes are fueled by competition for space and resources, which results in the transition from organic matter and moss into full ecosystems, with plants and animals of all different shapes and sizes.

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Hana Leonard: Ecological succession is the regeneration or formation of biotic/abiotic factors in an ecosystem. The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to regenerate these factors can span from a few decades to millions of years. In primary succession, the area is most often completely barren of soil and most life. A pioneer species (usually lichen/moss) is then introduced and alters the land to make it biologically feasible for other plants and animals to settle in the ecosystem. In secondary succession, animals usually return to a habitat after an intermediate natural or man-made disaster- in this case, soil remains, and animals slowly return as competition increases.

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Ava New: Ecological succession is when a community is restored after a disturbance. This process begins by pioneer species like lichen and moss moving in and growing. These species then decompose in order to create new soil where more plants can grow. This leads to more and more advanced plants moving in and animal species returning to the area. Ecological succession is basically when an event or a disturbance alters an ecosystem, and then the ecosystem goes through a series of changes to restore itself.

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Callie Williamson: Ecological succession is essentially the life cycle of an entire ecosystem. An ecosystem begins with simple plants and few animals, then it grows to support more complex plants and animals over time. There are many stages to this development. If a natural disaster occurs or the ecosystem is damaged or destroyed, the process of ecological succession starts over.

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Helena Dauverd: Ecological succession is the process in which the cycle of life is repeated through an ecosystem. An ecosystem begins with simple stages and turns into a more diverse system until it is destroyed by natural disasters. After this, the cycle begins again.

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Elliott Woods- Ecological succession is the changing and growing of the pants and soil in an ecosystem. A ecosystem starts with nothing but sand and rocks and can develop into a big forest. Mosses and lichens will start growing and then die which betters the soil, then bigger plants like grass then shrubs then trees and eventually you have a ecosystem.

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Kistler Hunt: Ecological succession is the process in which an ecosystem develops over time, and then dies after a major event, like a forest fire. The ecosystem starts as something very primitive, like sand, and then over time, becomes more complex with animals and plants. After each succession, the ecosystem replenishes and becomes more complex after a major event that starts over the cycle

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Succession is how an area of land restores itself after it is destroyed. The land starts as plain sand or rock, and eventually develops into a full-grown ecosystem over time and with the help of wind, rain, and sunlight. Different stages of succession have different types of plants and animals throughout the process. Succession is a cycle so eventually the renewed land will get destroyed again and go through succession. Abi Finch

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Ashley Behringer: Ecological Succession is the process in which life evolves after an ecological disturbance. This event causes complex organisms to evolve. The environment starts out small with little vegetation and progressively grows larger. Then, another event occurs, typically a disaster, where the whole process of ecological succession repeats.

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Halle Boroski: Ecological succession is the continuation and change of a species or of soil over a fluctuating amount of time. This occurs after an ecological event, such as a forest fire, changes the physical parts of an ecosystem so that it can replenish and start anew.

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Anna Grace Burns: Ecological succession is the cycle in which an ecosystem is born, and then dies. From the time it starts, inside forces begin to help with the growth and success of the ecosystem, a domino effect. It eventually reaches a point where not much is left to grow, and then outside forces end up destroying it. Nevertheless, the process will eventually start all over again.

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Ian Moore: Ecological succesion is a process in which life starts out basic and then dies and new life grows from that and is more complex, then that dies and new life grows. This goes on for  a while until the ecosystem has developed to a stable point, and then even after it gets destroyed by some event this process happens again forever.

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Miranda Harris: Ecological Succession is a process in which life returns after a disturbance. There are two classifications of ecological succession: primary and secondary. Primary succession takes  place after an event such as a volcanic eruption and is the process by which soil is produced by organisms like prokaryotes to make the environment sustainable for plant life. Secondary succession is when life is brought back but the soil never left.

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Kira Cornell: Environmental succession is the process in which an ecosystem changes and grows. The environment starts out small, and eventually grows larger.  At some point, a ecological event occurs that then starts the process over again.

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Ecological succession is basically the process in which life grows back after a disturbance that took place in an environment. This disturbance could be either man-made or a natural disaster. After this disturbance the environment is left barren either with or without soil. If there is no soil then small non-vascular plants (lichen and moss) begin to grow and break down the rocky terrain. This broken down rocky terrain turns into soil and more plants can grow with rich soil until they get bigger and more complex as bigger plants take over the smaller plants until there is complete regrowth. If there is soil left over then the process just picks up with small plants and takes off from there. These processes take a very long time.

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Isaac Trost: Ecological succession is when a lifeless area becomes a fully fledged, stable, forest. It starts with a small amount of organic matter, say waste from a bird. Then likens and mosses utilize this waste to grow, eventually getting nutrients from the rocks as rain, as well as the air. The mosses and likens decompose, adding nutrients to the sand, which starts to become soil. The soil is able to support larger plants like grasses. Then these plants die and make the soil richer, so then shrubs can grow. The plants keep getting bigger and more complex in this manner until you have a fully fledged forest. This process starts life in an area, and also helps that area gain life back after a disaster.

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Savannah Clay: Ecological succession is the increasing complexity of an ecosystem over time, usually beginning with the dropping of seeds by a bird, that will grow into basic plants like moss. Over time, the plants become more and more complex, as well as the animals living there. This is a continuous cycle that will start over if an ecosystem faces fires or other damaging disasters.

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Melissa Campbell- Ecological succession is the formation of life after a major ecological event happens that causes the need for new life. It causes a change of species in the environment as more complex organisms begin to grow there over time.

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Sarah Walker:  Ecological succession is the process of an environment's change over time.  Lands become fertile, and over time the organisms that live within the environment grow.

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Brittany Bishop: Ecological succession is the development overtime of a community with very little or no life, to a community that flourishes with varieties of life.

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Ecological succession is the change over time of organisms returning to a community to recreate an ecosystem. Hannah Irving

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Karina Castaneda - Ecological succession is the process that deals with changes within an undeveloped environment after certain disturbances. Factors that lead to the changes in a community can be abiotic or biotic. There are two types, primary and secondary. In primary succession, the process initiates without soil or sediments being present.  In secondary succession, the process of changes takes place with the presence of soil or sediments. Over time, the area begins supporting more complex life.

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Jonathan Cowan - Ecological succession is the process when a community changes over time, specifically after a disturbance. This process begins with the building of fertile lands to allow for producers to colonize the area. This is possible due to the existence of pioneer species like lichens that help create soil in the bare environment after a disturbance. Succession continues to create a more diverse, complex ecosystem over time.

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Succession is when an area with little to no life present is transformed into an area with large varieties of life in a fully developed forest. Starting with sand and rocks, to moss and lichens, to grass and shrubs, and finally to larger trees. - Bennett Fleming

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Succession is when an area with little to no life present transforms into in to a complex fully developed forest starting out with moss and lichens, to grass and shrubs, and then to larger trees.

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Alexis Hobgood- Ecological succession is the process of a community's makeup changing over time. Scientists study two main types of succession: primary and secondary succession. Primary succession takes place after a major disturbance has occurred in an area. The area no longer contains soil or any living organisms. This process takes hundreds or thousands of years. An example of primary succession is the development of an area with exposed rock due to retreating glaciers. Secondary succession is more common and takes place after a smaller disturbance has occurred in an area. This type of succession happens in an area that still contains soil. An example of secondary succession is the development of a clear cut forest.

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Sarah Burtner - Ecological succession is how life begins growing in an area, or comes back, and the changes throughout the ecosystem while succession is happening. Through the process, various species grow and die off, until the ecosystem has reached a peak, and even then, it is still changing. Primary succession begins with no soil, just rock that has to be weathered and eroded until there is soil. Secondary succession occurs after a disturbance, such as a fire or flood.

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Aleah Wood - Ecological succession is a process where after a disturbance in an ecosystem, it is reformed. Ecological succession has two types: primary and secondary. In primary succession where an ecosystem is established for the first time without soil or bottom sediment. Secondary succession is where an ecosystem is established after being destroyed or disturbed.

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Matthew Geib-  Succession is a process in which an area goes from little to no life to full of life over a long period of time, and it all starts with the pioneer species.  Primary succession happens when an event occurs where there is no soil.  Such an event would be an abandoned highway.  Secondary succession is a shorter process, it occurs when there has been a disturbance but there is still soil available.  Such an event would be a clear cut forest.

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Drew Mincey - Ecological succession is a natural process during which an ecosystem undergoes growth in the form of changes in composition. In other words, during the process, the composition of species of a certain ecosystem changes. There are multiple phases of development, as it is a process that builds. The two forms of ecological succession are primary succession and secondary succession.

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Emily King- Ecological succession is the build-up of an ecosystem from bare rock or previous soil, depending on the type. It begins with a pioneer species and expanses and diversifies as more complex organisms migrate. It goes through several stages in the process of developing, such as the shrub and mature forest stages. Eventually, it reaches a stable ecosystem from the ruins.

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Owen Gromyko - Ecological succession is the process by which life returns, or arrives in an area where it was not before. Primary succession is when some event, instant or over time, has exposed a bare rock surface and there is no topsoil for plants to grow. Secondary succession occurs after a smaller disturbance where the topsoil is still left and small plants are able to grow.

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Erimi Kendrick- Succession is a period of growth that an ecosystem goes through that eventually leads to lots of species of plants and animals in it. Primary succession occurs when there is just a blank slate of land and pioneer species like lichen or moss grow in the area. Once they decompose, that produces the ecosystem's soil where more plant species are capable of growing in. Secondary succession occurs when a previously destroyed environment that still has soil present replenishes itself.

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Greg Mink- Ecological succession is the process by which a specific area starts no life begins to gain more species once a pioneer species visits. The first phase is the prairie phrase, followed by the shrub phase, then the young forest stage, and eventually the climax stage. These growths are caused from the decomposition of organisms that preceded this stage.

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Whitt Phillips: Ecological succession is the development of an ecosystem in a unsettled or uninhabited area.

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Allison Rogers- ecological succession is the process by which the barren land begins to have species grow in it. Starting with the pioneer species of usually moss or lichen. Other species then follow after soil forms and more nutrients are added. Primary succession is if the area was destroyed and no soil is present.  Secondary succession is if there was a disturbance.

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Anna Hendrickson - Succession is the process where biotic environments are created through natural processes in habitats where there is not life. Primary Succession occurs in the absence of soil or bottom sediment, which Secondary Succession occurs in the presence of soil or bottom sediment. Examples of Primary Succession include paved parking lots and ice glaciers. Examples of Secondary Succession include abandoned farmland and burned forests.

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Erin Mink- Ecological succession is the formation of life in an ecosystem after a major disturbance. Primary succession occurs after a disturbance takes place, resulting in no available soil. Secondary succession occurs after a disturbance takes place, but there is still nutritious soil available. The ecosystem eventually evolves to provide for more complex organisms.

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Anuya Tucker: Ecological Succession is change in an ecosystem overtime. There are two types of ecological succession, primary and secondary. Primary succession is where an ecosystem is being established for the first time and nothing has disturbed the soil or bottom rock. Secondary succession is where an ecosystem is being established again after being destroyed.

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Stephen Buck- Ecological succession is the formation and progression of life from a place with no life to a place with flourishing life. It states with bare rock, then goes to the "prairie" stage, then the "shrub stage", then the "young forest" stage, then the "mature forest" stage, and finally to the "climax forest" stage. This development repeats and ,although it leads to a stable ecosystem, natural disasters may affect the ecosystem.

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Darby Klenner - Succession is the process where organisms start to populate and grow in places with no life. It starts with mainly lichen and moss but more complex organisms start to grow there over time with the death and decomposition of organisms as they create nutrients that support the ecosystem.

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Ava Heffernan - Succession is the process by which life forms come to populate are area starting with pioneer species. Primary succession could be if the ecosystem has never been populated before or it could be secondary succession if the habitat was disturbed or destroyed. Pioneer species come in to an area to fix the soil and allow for the growth of the ecosystem and the ability to support other organism. Eventually in hopes of reaching a stable climax community.

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Faith Hardin: succession is the process in which life grows from an otherwise dead environment. This begins when pioneer species, like lichen and moss, begin to grow and break down the soil. When they do this, they add nutrients into the soil, which allows more and more complex species of plants to grown and species of animals to thrive. Eventually, the environment reaches a stable "climax" stage, where it thrives until a natural disaster of some sort forces the cycle to start all over again.

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Mallory Cieutat: Ecological succession is the replinishing of life back into a desolate environment. It begins when a pioneer species decomposes rock into soil and adds nutrients into the environment. More and more complex organisms begin to grow and immigrate into the environment until it becomes a climax community. Some disturbance may occur, like a natural disaster, and succession will start all over.

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Micaela DeGennaro: ecological succession is the process by which barren environments of varying stages develop into complex ecosystems. Primary succession is where the starting area does not have soil, while secondary is when the starting area does have soil. The process starts with the growth and death of moss and lichen, and then as the soil gains nutrients, it can support more plants. These plants also contribute to the nutrients in the soil when they decompose, thus continuing the cycle until you have a diverse and large ecosystem.

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Sascha Godfrey - Ecological succession is the rebirth or formation of an ecosystem after a disturbance. Primary succession occurs when there is no soil present after a disturbance, and secondary succession occurs when soil is already present in an ecosystem. Primary succession begins with the growth of lichen, which breaks down rock and decomposes, leaving nutrients in the soil for small plants like grass take root. These plants are brought by seeds from wind, birds, water, or other animals. After grasses develop, shrubs follow, then small trees, eventually leading to a mature forest. A forest with lots of large trees, as well as small plant life such as moss, shrubs, and plants is called a climax forest.

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Katie Clark: Ecological succession describes the way that species within an ecosystem change over time, and how that ecosystem recovers and grows after periods of disturbance or catastrophe. Generally, pioneer organisms begin to colonize land without soil or land disturbed by things like forest fires or floods, and diversity within the ecosystem builds upon itself until a climax ecosystem is reached (until the next disturbance, when succession begins again).

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Lucas Hales - Succession is the process through which an ecosystem develops from less complexity to more complexity over time. Succession can begin without soil (primary succession) or with soil (secondary succession), but either way the ecosystem is constantly changed as more complex organisms move in, force the less complex organisms out by competition, and continue the development of the ecosystem. Eventually ecosystems reach a fairly stable, though unpredictable and constantly changing, level of complexity until a major environmental disturbance causes the process to start over again.

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Bassem Elbitar - Ecological succession is the replenishment of an ecosystem's life starting with the building of fertile lands for a base of producers from the original life from primary succession. This fertile land is not possible without pioneer species helping to create the soil in a previously barren environment. Succession afterwards is the development of new, often more complex, life from the area leftover by a previous ecosystem.

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Sam Pell - Succession is the process by which the ecosystem of an uninhabited or undeveloped area is gradually developed and grown to support larger and larger organisms.

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Leif Mahaney- Ecological succession is the endless loop of change a species undergoes throughout a period of time. This begins with smaller species and overtime the species grow and become bigger until the cycle restarts due to catastrophic events.

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Cassie Lipton: Ecological succession is the gradual replacement of soil that gradually leads to a forest community. This begins on an area with no soil (primary) or some soil (secondary). A pioneer species like moss or lichen starts off until, after a long time, a entire forest community is able to flourish until a natural disaster comes and wipes everything out and the process starts over. Essentially, the death, rebirth, and change of an ecosystem over time

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Ecological succession is the gradual shift of which species are prominent in an ecosystem. It is generally started by a major ecological event, which causes a sudden shift. This change is gradually mitigated until the ecosystem returns to a stable environment.

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Jordyn Snipes ~ Ecological succession is the continuous rebirth, growth, and changing of the species in an ecosystem over time. It starts off with the small species then gradually gets bigger until a disaster happens and causes it to start over again.

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Ronan Towell- ecological succession is the replenishment of soil in an ecosystem through the growth of pioneer species such as lichen. Over time, more complex organisms grow and eventually the ecosystem is back to the place where it was before the disturbance occurred.

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Elliott Sikes: Ecological succession is the changing of species in an ecosystem over long or short periods of time. It happens after events that change the physical ecosystem.

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Seth Wolter: Ecological succession is the the changing of an ecosystem overtime, from small, non-complex species in an area, to increasingly more complex and large species.

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Sydney Allison - Ecological succession is the changing of a species and the soil over a period of time. It occurs when an ecological event happens, which changes the physical aspects of an ecosystem. Over time, the soil and organism grow and become more complex.

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Brenna Mehl: Ecological succession is the change of the species existing in an ecosystem over time. Ecological succession occurs after an ecological event that changes physical aspects of an ecosystem.

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Hailey Bullard: Ecological succession is the way that overtime the types of species change in one certain area going from nothing or almost nothing going to a very diverse and nutrient rich area before the cycle begins again. This change is based on environmental factors and pioneer species.

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