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ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION

Which statement is true for early species in inhibition model?

Early residents in the inhibition model monopolize limiting resources or space and thereby prevent later species from establishing. Their priority advantage can persist regardless of whether the later arrivals would be superior competitors in an unoccupied site; turnover follows mortality or disturbance of incumbents. Organisms can drive succession autogenically by changing their own habitat, while floods, erosion, sedimentation, or climate can drive allogenic change. Biological agents such as grazers and pathogens may also redirect succession by altering competitive relationships. Distinguish

Ref: Ecology: Concepts and Applications, Molles, 9th Ed., Ch. 20

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ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION

Which model states that early species hinder the establishment of later ones?

Under the inhibition model, established early colonists suppress recruitment or growth of later arrivals through preemption of space, resource capture, allelopathy, or other antagonistic effects. Replacement occurs chiefly when residents die or are damaged, releasing occupied sites rather than because they prepare the habitat for successors. Successional trajectories emerge from dispersal, establishment, species interactions, and organism-driven environmental change. Priority effects can make arrival order important, while retained soil and propagules strongly accelerate recovery after disturb

Ref: Ecology: Concepts and Applications, Molles, 9th Ed., Ch. 20

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