Question

How does secondary succession differ from primary succession gradpoint?

Answer 1

Secondary succession is when a forest fire or when people chop down trees, the ecosystem still has plants there and it regrows itself.

Primary succession is when a volcano erupts of a glacier wipes out all the snow and lichen (pioneer species) grows.

Answer 2

The Primary succession can be defined as an area that was previously unoccupied, barren, and uninhabited and there was no vegetation.

The secondary succession can be defined as the area in which previously there is a growth of a community and it is occupied, inhabited and has primary vegetation but it was got disturbed due to some external or internal factors.

Example of primary succession: Bare rock, Desert, while that of secondary succession will include earthquake, flood, forest fire etc.