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lichens are called pioneer organisms because they are the first type of organisms that started to live in a certain forest or such. For example, If a volcanic island were to appear in the middle of the ocean. It is devoid of life at first. Certain organisms will land on the island either by washing up on the volcanic ash or land on it after being carried by the wind currents. One of these organisms would be a lichen. Lichens are considered pioneer because they will begin to destroy the rock and ash producing soil. They can survive because a lichen is a mutualistic relationship between a fungus and an algae. Once these lichens have done their work other organisms will appear, bacteria, algae, various grasses, etc. This is called ecological succession.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agolichens are pioneer species because they grow where no other plant life grows, then when they die, they make the soil rich and so other plants can grow that fertilize the soil when they die. lichens start a chain reaction.
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What is a place you are most likely to find pioneer species growing?
Newly formed volcano - exposed rock and no topsoil
What is a early successional species?
Species most often associated with early succession of a forest include red squirrels, ground-nesting birds like killdeer, rodents and a few others. Species of plants include lichen, moss, shrubs, wild grasses and clovers
If are hamster has brown patchs on it what is it?
You most likely have a teddy bear hamster. I suggest googling hamster species and matching pictures of your species!
When a species includes organisms with a wide variety of traits it is most likely that this species will have?
a greater chance to survive if the environmental conditions suddenly change.
Fossils of a species of bird are found in layer 3 Which layer is most likely to have organisms that lived at the same time as the bird species?
Layer 2
What place would you most likely would find pioneer species?
newly erupted volcano is where u would find pioneer species
What are pioneer species?
A pioneer species is a species that is first to establish itself in an area where nothing is growing-or in an area that has been devastated by fire,flood, plowing etc. These species are usually annuals, disappearing after the second year when perennials take over. In short, pioneers are the earliest plants that settle in an area.
What is a place you are most likely to find pioneer species growing?
Newly formed volcano - exposed rock and no topsoil
What best describes a plant that is suited to being a pioneer species?
I think it would be disturbed grassland. I had this on my howmework: Which is a place you most likely would find pioneer species growing? a. Climax forest b. Coral reef c. disturbed grassland d. newly formed volcanoes It would be newly formed volcanoes as they have not been previously colonised by another species.
What will most likely occur after a natural disaster has damaged a local ecosystem?
Pioneer species begin the process of succession.
How could succession take place in a tundra biome?
If we look back at the basics, all that it takes for succesion to occur is a pioneer species. In the tundra, the most common pioneer species is arguably mosses and lichens. Other plants will grow off of the pioneer species.
What is the most common Antarctic plant?
The most common Antarctic plant is lichen. There are about 150 different types of lichen able to survive the extreme temperatures, as well as 30 mosses, some fungi, one species of hair-grass and one liverwort.
What grows in thin areas most other plants cannot and are normally pioneer species?
weeds
Which organism would most likely be the pioneer organisms on a newly formed volcanic?
lichens
What are omnivores most likely to be?
A generalized species.
Which organisms would most likely be the pioneer organisms on a newly formed volcanic island?
lichens
Which organisms would most likely be the pioneer organism on a newly formed volcanic island?
lichens
