{"id":788,"date":"2023-06-14T15:08:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T09:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=788"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:31:27","slug":"q-in-the-grasslands-trees-do-not-replace-the-grasses-as-a-part-of-an-ecological-succession-because-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-the-grasslands-trees-do-not-replace-the-grasses-as-a-part-of-an-ecological-succession-because-of","title":{"rendered":"Q. In the grasslands, trees do not replace the grasses as a part of an ecological succession because of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Insects and fungi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limited sunlight and paucity of nutrients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water limits and fire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>None of the above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) Water limits and fire<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>trees<\/strong>&nbsp;do not replace grasses as they&nbsp;<strong>require more water than grasses<\/strong>&nbsp;and this would lead to water scarcity for other species.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also,&nbsp;<strong>trees are prone to catch fire<\/strong>&nbsp;and the fire spreads swiftly. Due to these reasons, trees do not replace the grasses as a part of ecological succession.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ecological Succession<\/strong>:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When there is a change in the species structure of an ecological community over a period, it is called&nbsp;<strong>ecological succession<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The process continues until a stable community is formed, which is known as the&nbsp;<strong>climax community<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As the process continues the complexity of the community keeps on increasing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecological Succession is of following two types:\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&nbsp;Primary Succession<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 When the succession starts from an area that has not been previously occupied is referred to as primary succession. The pioneer species here include microorganisms, lichens, and mosses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Secondary Succession<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 When the process of succession occurs in an area where species existed at some point in time is referred to as secondary succession.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Secondary Succession is relatively rapid<\/strong>, as the land contains the&nbsp;nutrients required for the survival of species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_11760a-6e .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_11760a-6e .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_11760a-6e\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (c) Water limits and fire Notes: Ecological Succession:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[36],"years":[60],"class_list":["post-788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-environment","years-60"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":36,"label":"Environment"}],"years":[{"value":60,"label":"2013"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":36,"name":"Environment","slug":"environment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":36,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":193,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":803,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions\/803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}