primary succession

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Sequential colonization by species which begin to colonize the bare ground and modify the environmental conditions after a region is completely denuded; e.g., behind a retreating glacier, early colonizing organisms provide the soils needed by succeeding organisms.
See: succession
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 932 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'primary succession' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14951 RIS BibTex EndNote
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