Question

In ecological terms, disturbance is an event such as a storm, fire, or human activity that changes a community, removing organisms and altering resource availability. Which of the following statements about the effects of disturbance is correct?

Answer 1

Disturbances can create patches of different habitats in a community.

Step-by-step explanation:

Disturbances such as fire etc can cause a bigger and wider ecosystem to be destroyed from certain places. This will result in the formation of patches of different habitats. Each habitat will evolve into a different community. Some of the patches of habitat might have an abundance of resources, hence making life easier for the organisms inhabiting there. Some of the habitats might have rare resources hence, making life to be difficult in those areas.