Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 45, Problem 9SQ
Growth of a forest in an abandoned corn field is an example of _______.
- a. primary succession
- b.
resource partitioning - c. secondary succession
- d. competitive exclusion
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