Ecological Succession Primary Succession, Secondary Succession & Biodiversity

Biodiversity Biodiversity is the variety of life: the different plants, animals and micro-organisms, their genes and the ecosystems of which they are a part.

Which has greater Biodiversity?

Anzia colpodes ("black-foam lichen") on bark in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Flavoparmelia caperata ("common greenshield lichen") on an old wooden fence, Berkeley, California

Lasallia papulosa on rock in the mountains of Virginia.

Primary or Secondary? Why?

What Stage? Primary or Secondary?

Primary or Secondary?

Primary or Secondary?

What Stage? Primary or Secondary?

Primary or Secondary?

Primary or Secondary? Why