1. In these areas ecological succession occurs and large, woody vegetation moves in. 2. Fire prevents ecological succession in the open habitat where the plant grows. 3. :Once these fields were abandoned, the process of ecological succession proceeded relatively rapidly. 4. Biomes are often identified with particular patterns of ecological succession and climax vegetation. 5. They are eventually erased by washout, erosion, and ecological succession . 6. This allows the natural ecological succession for the island to proceed without outside interference. 7. In addition invasive plants can halt a forest in early stages of ecological succession . 8. For ecologists, this latter approach is sometimes considered too restrictive, as it prohibits ecological succession . 9. Exhibits on ecological succession are displayed in the Hour Glass, a museum in Ogden Dunes. 10. Landscape transformations are ecological successions driven by human impacts.
