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What is the role of ecological succession in ecosystems?
Ecological succession is a force of nature. Ecosystems, because of the internal species dynamics and external forces mentioned above, are in a constant process of change and re-structuring. To appreciate how ecological succession affects humans and also to begin to appreciate the incredible time and monetary cost of ecological succession, one only has to visualize a freshly tilled garden plot. Clearing the land for the garden and preparing the soil for planting represents a major external event that radically re-structures and disrupts a previously stabilized ecosystem. The disturbed ecosystem will immediately begin a process of ecological succession. Plant species adapted to the sunny conditions and the broken soil will rapidly invade the site and will become quickly and densely established. These invading plants are what we call "weeds". Now "weeds" have very important ecological roles and functions (see, for example, the "Winter Birds" discussion), but weeds also compete with the garden plants for nutrients, water and physical space. If left unattended, a garden will quickly become a weed patch in which the weakly competitive garden plants are choked out and destroyed by the robustly productive weeds. A gardener's only course of action is to spend a great deal of time and energy weeding the garden. This energy input is directly proportional to the "energy" inherent in the force of ecological succession. If you extrapolate this very small scale scenario to all of the agricultural fields and systems on Earth and visualize all of the activities of all of the farmers and gardeners who are growing our foods, you begin to get an idea of the immense cost in terms of time, fuel, herbicides and pesticides that humans pay every growing season because of the force of ecological succession.
Is a school garden a plot?
A school garden is a plot of land where the garden grows.
What is a garden plot?
A plot is an area of land set aside for some purpose (building a house, growing vegetables, etc). A Garden Plot is therefore a piece of land set out as a flower garden.
What is the meaning of wee garden?
A wee garden is a small cultivated plot attached to a house as opposed to a big garden which is a large cultivated plot attached to a house.
A plot of ground prepared for plants?
garden
What are the ratings and certificates for Fraggle Rock - 1983 The Garden Plot 1-20?
Fraggle Rock - 1983 The Garden Plot 1-20 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:G
What is the symbiosis of tomato plants and weeds in a garden plot?
parasitism
What are seed boxes for planting?
A seed box or seedbed is the container or the plot where you sow seeds before transplanting them to a garden plot.
There are 12 plots in a community garden Each plot is the same size What information would you need to know if you wanted to know how much area can be farmed in the community garden?
The shape and dimensions of one plot.
How do you buy a garden plot on the game The Sims Social?
choose the garden sign and there u have it.It's only cost 20points
A farmer has a rectangular garden plot surrounded by 200ft of fence. Find the length and width of the garden if its area is 2400ft2.?
12 feet
What plot shows how someone spent over time?
A line plot is the answer you're looking for. A line plot shows change over time.
