What is ecological succession in biology?
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Ecological succession, the process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time. Two different types of succession—primary and secondary—have been distinguished.
Ecological Succession
Ecological Succession is a change in the structure of Natural organism or any other kind of matter in Ecosystem. For Ecological Succession Thousands and Millions of Years are required.
Ecological Succession is a very slow process. It is just a process like Evolution. We can't say that Ecological Succession and Evolution are same. They are bit different.
Best example of Ecological Succession is Human Beings. According to our History books, we know that Humans were first were like Monkeys. And after that, Humans were Evolved very Rapidly. Some Scientists also believe that, Humans were Have tail on the Back.
Ecological Succession is a very slow process. In this Ecological process, Organism is adapted according to the Nature around it.Parts of Body which we don't need are removed from our body in this process.
There are 2 types of Ecological Succession:
i) Primary Ecological Succession
ii) Secondary Ecological Succession