Ecological succession is the progressive change, in an ecosystem, of species composition over time. With the change in species composition comes a series of modifications in community structure and ...

Many communities of plants and animals are temporary. They exist for some period of time and then are gradually replaced by other species that will, in turn, be replaced by still others. This process ...

Background and aims Nitrogen (N) and/or phosphorus (P) limitation to primary productivity and other biological processes can change in a variety of ways as ecosystems develop. How N limitation and P ...