Ecological Succession: Change is Good – Crash Course Ecology #6

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In the world of ecology, the only constant is change – but change can be good. Today Hank explains ecological succession and how ecological communities change over time to become beautiful, biodiverse mosaics.

Table of Contents
1. Primary Succession 1:56:1
2. Secondary Succession 3:36
3. Climax Community Model 5:11
4. Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis 7:25:1

Reference:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC24155/

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29 Comments

  1. if scientists cant accurately predict whats gonna happen 2 days from now how are they gonna predict the beginning of the world accurately which is only 6000 years or so and not 250 million years ago?
    Can you have an answer to that crash course?

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