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Seres are sometimes classified according to the predominant force that is bringing them about. These forces are biotic, climatic, physiographic and geologic and their resultant seres are accordingly called bioseres, cliseres, eoseres and geoseres. Similarly, on the basis of these forces the succession is also called biotic succession, Climatic succession, Physiographic succession, and Geologic succession. 1. Biotic Succession: This succession [...]

Metabolism is defined as biochemical transformations required for the building up or synthesis and breaking down or degradation of tissues and the release of energy. Productivity is a general concept denoting all processes involved in production studies - consumption, rejection and respiration. However, some authors use "productivity" as a synonym for "production", but this should be avoided since "production" is [...]

In ecological terminology, the developmental stages of a community are known seral stages and the final stage as the climax community. The initial community of the area which is replaced in time by a sequence of succeeding communities until the climax is reached, is called the pioneer stage. The entire series of communities that is characteristic of a given site [...]