While succession is most often thought about in terms of the plant community, shifts in the populations of other organisms also need to be considered. The process of succession can be seen in many ...

The study of succession was pioneered at the University of Chicago by Henry Chandler Cowles, who was also one of the founders of ecology as a discipline, as he studied the plants of the Indiana Dunes.

For a family of four, you’ll want to harvest around 100 pounds of carrots annually, which translates to planting about 100 carrot plants. Carrots can be grown in succession throughout the season ...

An important and often misunderstood concept in ecology is succession. Succession refers to the series of changes observed in a plant community following a disturbance event (Connell and Slayter 1977) ...

While not the first to describe succession, Cowles’s work influenced generations of ecologists by defining laws underlying the patterns of community change. Henry Cowles recognized plant ...

In this lab, students play a board game designed to introduce the concepts of disturbance dynamics and succession in plant communities. Students explore the dynamics of an imaginary ecosystem through ...