what type of conditions does primary succession take place
Ecologists (scientists who study the relationships of organisms with their living and nonliving environment) generally recognize two kinds of succession, primary succession and secondary succession. Primary succession takes place on an area that is originally completely empty of life. As an example, an area that has been covered by a flow of lava has, for a time, no life at all on it. Over a period of time, however, various kinds of organisms begin to grow in the area.
Changes occur all over the world everyday. In ecology, changes in the types of organisms that inhabit an area over time is called succession. In this lesson, we will investigate primary succession. Primary succession is the colonization of new sites by communities of organisms.