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Ecological ____________________ is a series of steps to establish or re - establish an ____________________ after it is destroyed . The first species to live in a new ecosystem are called ____________________ species , like lichen , bacteria or small grasses and weeds . There are two types of succession : ____________________ and secondary . In both types , the number of organisms start ____________________ and over time ____________________ until the ecosystem reaches is carrying capacity - where no new species can colonize .
Primary succession is when a NEW ecosystem develops , it is new because ____________________ ( dirt ) needs to be made BEFORE anything else can happen . Secondary succession occurs after an ecosystem is ____________________ , but leaves the soil - like in the case of a ____________________ . Secondary succession is much quicker than primary succession . since primary succession requires the ____________________ of soil , which can take decades or even hundreds of ____________________ .