Ecology 5th Edition by Manuel Molles

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Succession seems to lead to predictable changes in community and ecosystem structure. Predict the characteristics of a fre­quently disturbed community/ecosystem versus a largely undisturbed community/ecosystem. What do your predictions suggest about a future biosphere increasingly disturbed by a growing human population? How does the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (see chapter 16) figure into your answer?