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(ROOT (S (VP (VB Understand) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how)) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (NN life) (NN history) (NNS strategies)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ different) (NNS species)))) (VP (VBD interact) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJ such) (NNS processes))) (PP (IN as) (NP (NN competition) (, ,) (NN dispersal) (, ,) (NN succession) (CC and) (NN disturbance))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB create) (, ,) (VB maintain) (CC and) (VB change) (NP (JJ ecological) (NNS communities)))))))))))
Understand how the life history strategies of different species interact in such processes as competition, dispersal, succession and disturbance to create, maintain and change ecological communities
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN term) (JJ ecological) (NN succession)) (VP (VBZ refers) (PP (TO to) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN sequence)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN community) (CC and) (NN ecosystem) (NNS changes))))) (PP (IN after) (NP (DT a) (NN disturbance)))) (. .)))