Refer to the figures.
Figure 5
Figure 6
Figure 7
You are studying the impacts of a volcanic eruption that produces a lava flow that covers part of a grassland (Figure 5). You begin taking samples as soon as the area is safe to work in-about one year after the main eruption has ended. You set up a transect (beginning at "Transect start" in Figure 5), and then collect data on how several abiotic and biotic factors vary across it (Figures 6 and 7).
-As part of your long-term research, you look into the succession patterns along the transect. Would a space for time substitution allow you to predict succession patterns in the lava flow area based on succession you observe in the blast zone? Why or why not? How is this situation similar or different from other situations that use space for time substitutions?

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Refer to the figures.
Figure 5
  Figure 6
  Figure 7
  You are studying the impacts of a volcanic eruption that produces a lava flow that covers part of a grassland (Figure 5). You begin taking samples as soon as the area is safe to work in-about one year after the main eruption has ended. You set up a transect (beginning at "Transect start" in Figure 5), and then collect data on how several abiotic and biotic factors vary across it (Figures 6 and 7). 
-As part of your long-term research, you look into the succession patterns along the transect. Would a space for time substitution allow you to predict succession patterns in the lava flow area based on succession you observe in the blast zone? Why or why not? How is this situation similar or different from other situations that use space for time substitutions?

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The Answer of Refer to the figures.
Figure 5
  Figure 6
  Figure 7
  You are studying the impacts of a volcanic eruption that produces a lava flow that covers part of a grassland (Figure 5). You begin taking samples as soon as the area is safe to work in-about one year after the main eruption has ended. You set up a transect (beginning at "Transect start" in Figure 5), and then collect data on how several abiotic and biotic factors vary across it (Figures 6 and 7). 
-As part of your long-term research, you look into the succession patterns along the transect. Would a space for time substitution allow you to predict succession patterns in the lava flow area based on succession you observe in the blast zone? Why or why not? How is this situation similar or different from other situations that use space for time substitutions?

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