I think that I shall never see,
A poem as lovely as a tree.

Joyce Kilmer ("Trees" 1914; Kilmer died as a soldier in WWI, 1918)


Key words or concepts:
Succession
Primary succession
Secondary Succession
Climax community
Climax species
Edge species
Keystone species





Useful links:

Earth Science Picture of the Day


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