What are some of the processes of primary succession? What will be an ideal ...

Answer to #1

The development of soil from parent materials, increasing longevity with successional advance, replacement of species with broad ecological requirements by those occupying narrow niches complementary with other species, greater accumulation of living tissue and litter per unit area with successional advance, modification of microenvironmental extremes, change in size of plants from small to large, increase in the number of pathways of energy flow, more nutrients tied up in living and dead organic matter, greater resistance to fluctuation in the controlling factors.

Answer to #2

basic unit of a grass plant consisting of a leaf, a node, an auxiliary bud, and an internode

Answer to #3

Increased photosynthesis, increased tillering, reduce shading, reduced transpiration, inoculation of plants with growth promoting substance

Answer to #4

plants distinguished by round hollow, jointed stems; fine, narrow leaves and fibrous root systems

Answer to #5

areas generally receiving less than 250 mm annual precipitation dominated by woody plants less than 3 m in height

Answer to #6

Unpalatable plants have a competitive advantage over palatable plants under heavy grazing because they put part of their photosynthetic products into spines, thorns, poisons, etc., that protect them from defoliation.

Answer to #7

generally involves high precipitation