BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 41, Problem 9SA
Growth of a forest in an abandoned corn field is an example of _______.
| a. primary succession | c. secondary succession |
| b. |
d. competitive exclusion |
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Ch. 41 - The type of place where a species typically lives...Ch. 41 - Which cannot be a symbiosis? a. mutualism c....Ch. 41 - Lizards that eat flies they capture on the ground...Ch. 41 - ________ can lead to resource partitioning. a....Ch. 41 - Prob. 5SACh. 41 - Prob. 6SACh. 41 - Prob. 7SACh. 41 - By the currently favored hypothesis, species...Ch. 41 - Growth of a forest in an abandoned corn field is...Ch. 41 - Prob. 10SA
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