What do volcanoes, glaciers, sand dunes, storms, agriculture, and fire have in common? They all initiate the process of succession in communities. Aa Aa Aa Succession refers to a directional ...

Ecological succession is a fundamental concept in ecology. The study of succession was pioneered at the University of Chicago by Henry Chandler Cowles, who was also one of the founders of ecology as a ...

Figure caption, The sand dunes grow and establish a succession of plants and wildlife The sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr are very unusual because they have formed against a carboniferous limestone ...