The term succession was coined by:

Related Mcqs:

1. The term ‘bio-coenosis’ was coined by:

   A. Tansley
   B. Warming
   C. Carl Mobius
   D. S.C.Pandya

2. The term ‘ethology’ was coined by:

   A. Reiter
   B. Haeckel
   C. Warming
   D. Hilaire

3. The term smog coined by:

   A. Tansley
   B. Odum
   C. Clements
   D. Des Voeux

4. When the process of succession sidetracks the advancement line, it is called:

   A. Primary
   B. Deflated
   C. Secondary
   D. Induced

5. A succession exhibiting changes in the communities at a place is described as:

   A. Biotic succession
   B. Physiographic succession
   C. Climatic succession
   D. Geographic succession

6. Primary succession refers to the development of communities on a:

   A. Pond freshly filled with water after a dry phase
   B. Freshly cleared crop fields
   C. Newly exposed habitat with no record of earlier vegetation
   D. Forest clearing after devastating free

7. Due to modification of the environment by the plant community itself, when one community is replaced by another suitable community, the succession is called:

   A. Induced
   B. Deflated
   C. Allogenic
   D. Autogenic

8. The ecological succession occurring as population 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? 4 indicates

   A. Cyclic succession
   B. Induced succession
   C. Retrogressive succession
   D. Allogenic succession

9. The physiographic factor responsible for the initiation of succession to:

   A. Erosion
   B. Fire
   C. Hail
   D. Wind

10. The last community in a succession is called:

    A. Ecosystem
    B. Climatic community
    C. Ecotons
    D. Seral community