Question

When the settlers arrived in New England, many forests were turned into fields. Eventually, some fields were abandoned and then grew back into forests. This is best described as:________.

Answer 1

Secondary succession

Step-by-step explanation:

The process of change in the species structure over time is called ecological succession. Ecologists defined two types of succession primary succession and secondary succession.

In primary succession, a new land or rock is colonized first time by living organism. In secondary succession, communities start establishing an area again in which most or all communities eradicated due to some disturbance.

For example, some abandoned fields growing back into the forest which was disturbed by human interference. So the correct answer is secondary succession.