secondary succession

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Definition of secondary succession in English English dictionary

(Çevre) Secondary succession is one of the two types of ecological succession of plant life. As opposed to the first, primary succession, secondary succession is a process started by an event (e.g. forest fire, harvesting, hurricane) that reduces an already established ecosystem (e.g. a forest or a wheat field) to a smaller population of species, and as such secondary succession occurs on preexisting soil whereas primary succession usually occurs in a place lacking soil

Hyphenation

sec·ond·a·ry suc·ces·sion

Turkish pronunciation

sekınderi sıkseşın

Pronunciation

/ˈsekənˌderē səkˈsesʜən/ /ˈsɛkənˌdɛriː səkˈsɛʃən/