Seral Stages across Forested Landscapes: Relationships to Biodiversity

Landscapes and the ecosystems that compose them “age” through time. The process of forest aging called “succession” transforms the composition of forested ecosystems as biotic communities respond to and modify their environment. Succession is an important topic in landscape ecology because of its significant effects on landscape diversity and the subsequent biological diversity and viability of various plant and animal populations.

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