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How does primary succession differ fron secondary succession?

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Primary Succession takes longer to recover from.
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Primary succession occurs in essentially lifeless areas-regions in which the soil is incapable of sustaining life as a result of such factors as lava flows, newly formed sand dunes, or rocks left from a retreating glacier.
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