organisms which create energy from inorganic matter
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Decomposer
organisms which break down dead animal or plant matter to release nutrients - fungi/worms/woodlice etc.
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Detritivore
an animal which eats detritus (small fragments of dead matter
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Primary consumer
an organism which feeds on a primary producer
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Primary succession
plant succession that develops on land which has not been vegetated before
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Pioneers
the first plants to colonise an area
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Plant succession
series of plant communities which progressively occupy a site
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Climatic climax
plant community which is in equilibrium, all the ecological niches are filled and so there are no further changes
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Plagioclimax community
plant community permanently arrested by human activity
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Secondary succession
plant succession which develops on land that has been vegetated before
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Ancient woodland
land which has been woodland since 1600
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Coppicing
cutting trees at ground level to encourage stems to grow from the stump. This is then harvested for timber
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Pollarding
cutting the branches at head height to prevent livestock from eating the foliage
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Shifting cultivation/Slash and Burn
a type of agriculture in tropical areas where an area of ground is cleared and cultivated and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
inorganic matter - soil/water/air
Back
Abiotic
Card 3
Front
organisms which create energy from inorganic matter
Back
Card 4
Front
organisms which break down dead animal or plant matter to release nutrients - fungi/worms/woodlice etc.
Back
Card 5
Front
an animal which eats detritus (small fragments of dead matter
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