What is natural succession? It is the process of the development of vegetation in a place where logging, mining, a fire, or another disturbance, natural or not has occurred. It is what happens to a place without human interference.   

 

 

 

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https://www.britannica.com/science/ecological-succession

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This explains natural succession where a fire took place. We can use this example because some life did exist after White’s Woods was logged and rock quarried as life exists after a fire.

 

Nature Education- The Knowledge Project: Succession-A Closer Look

                https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/succession-a-closer-look-13256638/

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This provides more detail about succession.

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The Hidden Life of Trees: This is a summary of the book. Wohlleben is a wonderful author and after reading this, leaving the woodland alone makes lots of sense.

               https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/09/26/the-hidden-life-of-trees-peter-wohlleben/

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Maloof, Joan. (2021.)  Treepedia, Princeton:  Princeton University Press.

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