After a forest fire on the lower slopes of the Rockies, there are significant...

After a forest fire on the lower slopes of the Rockies, there are significant changes in the number and type of plant species found in the disturbed area. Describe how succession occurs in this plant community over the 150 years following a major fire.

Plants:  aspen, birch, and poplar trees. Dogwood, alder and willow are common scrubs. Riverside plants cattails, sedges, and horsetails.

a) After a forest fire on the lower slopes of the rockies, there are significant changes in the number and type of plant species found in the disturbed area. describe how succession occurs in this plant community over the 150 years following a major fire.

b) At what stage in the process of succession would you predict to have the greatest diversity of plant species. Explain your choice

c) How would succession in the area disturbed by the forest fire differ from succession at the area where the Peyto Glacier is melting. Provide two reasons to support your answer.

d) Identify-independent factors that affect the plant community in the Rocky Mountains.

e) Give two examples of environmental resistance operating in the Rocky Mountains.