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Ecological Succession
What is Ecological
Succession?
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IS:
The observed process of change in the
species structure of an ecological
community over a period of time
What is Ecological Succession?
 Ecosystems are constantly changing.
Ecological succession is a gradual
process of change and replacement of
the types of species in a community.
 Each new community makes it harder
for the previous community to survive.
Types of Ecological
Succession
 There are two main
types of Ecological
Succession:
 Primary Succession:
It is the process of
creating life in an area where no life
existed earlier.
Primary Succession
 An example of an
area in which a
community has never
lived before, would
be a new lava or rock
from a volcano that
makes a new island.
Primary Succession
 Begins in a place without any soil, like:
* Sides of volcanoes
* Landslides
* Flooding
 Starts with the arrival of living things
such as lichens that do not need any
soil to survive.
 They are called Pioneer Species
Pioneer Species
Primary Succession
 When lichens die, they
decompose, adding small
amounts of organic matter
to the rock to make soil.
 Simple plants like mosses
and ferns can grow on this
new soil
Primary Succession
 The simple plants die,
adding more organic
material.
 The soil layer thickens,
and grasses and other
plants begin to take over.
Primary Succession
 These plants die,
and they add more
nutrients to the soil.
 Shrubs and trees
can survive now, on this soil.
Primary Succession
 Insects, small birds
and mammals can now
begin to move in.
 What was earlier
only bare rock, now
supports a variety of life
Primary Succession
Primary Succession
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
 Secondary Succession
is the process of re-stabilization that
follows a disturbance in an area, where
life has formed an ecosystem.
Types of Ecological
Succession
 Secondary Succession occurs on a
surface where an ecosystem has
previously existed. It is the process by
which one community replaces another
community which has been partially or
totally destroyed, might be by natural
process such as floods, earthquake etc.
Primary
Secondary
Secondary Succession
 When an existing community has been
cleared by any type of disturbance,
such as fire, cyclone etc and the soil
remains intact, the area begins to
return to its natural community.
 Because these habitats previously
supported life, secondary succession
begins.
The Circle of life in
Secondary
Succession
Why does Ecological
Succession
Occur?
 Because it is the process of life for
plants and other living organisms.
 Because organisms alter soil structure
and the species communities constantly
change over a period of time.
 Succession will continue until the
environment reaches its final stage –
the Climax Community
Gradual Change from Pioneer
Stages to Climax Community
How Ecological Succession
takes place?
 Succession will
continue until the
environment
reaches it’s final
stage, ----
the Climax Community.
Climax Community
 A climax community is a mature,
stable community that is the final stage
of ecological succession
 This type of community remains the
same through out the time, if it is not
disturbed.
Climax Community
 A stable group of plants and animals
which is the end result of succession
process, does not always mean only
big trees. They could be:
* Cacti in deserts or
* Grasses in fields
These are Climax Communities
Physical Factors
 The two main physical factors that
determine the nature of the community
that develops in an area are:
 1. Temperature
 2. The amount of rainfall.
Threats to Succession
 The grasses that move in
as pioneer species are
often thought as weeds.
 The subsequent growth
of shrubs are considered
undesirable “brush”.
Threats to Succession
 But, without these
intermediate stages,
the disturbed
habitat can’t return
to forest.
How do Humans affect
Ecological succession?
 Clearing the land for garden and
preparing the soil for planting is a type
of major external event that radically
re-structure and disrupt a previously
stabilized ecosystem.
 This disturbance may immediately
begin a process of ecological
succession.
Does Ecological
Succession ever stop?
 Over a long period of time, the climate
conditions of an ecosystem is bound to
change.
 No ecosystem has existed or will
remain unchanged over a
Geological Time Scale
Any Question
Thank You
By –
N.G.Palit
At the End
Please feel free to send your valuable
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Ecological succession

  • 2. What is Ecological Succession? ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IS: The observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over a period of time
  • 3. What is Ecological Succession?  Ecosystems are constantly changing. Ecological succession is a gradual process of change and replacement of the types of species in a community.  Each new community makes it harder for the previous community to survive.
  • 4.
  • 5. Types of Ecological Succession  There are two main types of Ecological Succession:  Primary Succession: It is the process of creating life in an area where no life existed earlier.
  • 6. Primary Succession  An example of an area in which a community has never lived before, would be a new lava or rock from a volcano that makes a new island.
  • 7. Primary Succession  Begins in a place without any soil, like: * Sides of volcanoes * Landslides * Flooding  Starts with the arrival of living things such as lichens that do not need any soil to survive.  They are called Pioneer Species
  • 9. Primary Succession  When lichens die, they decompose, adding small amounts of organic matter to the rock to make soil.  Simple plants like mosses and ferns can grow on this new soil
  • 10. Primary Succession  The simple plants die, adding more organic material.  The soil layer thickens, and grasses and other plants begin to take over.
  • 11. Primary Succession  These plants die, and they add more nutrients to the soil.  Shrubs and trees can survive now, on this soil.
  • 12. Primary Succession  Insects, small birds and mammals can now begin to move in.  What was earlier only bare rock, now supports a variety of life
  • 16. Secondary Succession  Secondary Succession is the process of re-stabilization that follows a disturbance in an area, where life has formed an ecosystem.
  • 17. Types of Ecological Succession  Secondary Succession occurs on a surface where an ecosystem has previously existed. It is the process by which one community replaces another community which has been partially or totally destroyed, might be by natural process such as floods, earthquake etc.
  • 19. Secondary Succession  When an existing community has been cleared by any type of disturbance, such as fire, cyclone etc and the soil remains intact, the area begins to return to its natural community.  Because these habitats previously supported life, secondary succession begins.
  • 20. The Circle of life in Secondary Succession
  • 21. Why does Ecological Succession Occur?  Because it is the process of life for plants and other living organisms.  Because organisms alter soil structure and the species communities constantly change over a period of time.  Succession will continue until the environment reaches its final stage – the Climax Community
  • 22. Gradual Change from Pioneer Stages to Climax Community
  • 23. How Ecological Succession takes place?  Succession will continue until the environment reaches it’s final stage, ---- the Climax Community.
  • 24. Climax Community  A climax community is a mature, stable community that is the final stage of ecological succession  This type of community remains the same through out the time, if it is not disturbed.
  • 25. Climax Community  A stable group of plants and animals which is the end result of succession process, does not always mean only big trees. They could be: * Cacti in deserts or * Grasses in fields
  • 26. These are Climax Communities
  • 27. Physical Factors  The two main physical factors that determine the nature of the community that develops in an area are:  1. Temperature  2. The amount of rainfall.
  • 28. Threats to Succession  The grasses that move in as pioneer species are often thought as weeds.  The subsequent growth of shrubs are considered undesirable “brush”.
  • 29. Threats to Succession  But, without these intermediate stages, the disturbed habitat can’t return to forest.
  • 30. How do Humans affect Ecological succession?  Clearing the land for garden and preparing the soil for planting is a type of major external event that radically re-structure and disrupt a previously stabilized ecosystem.  This disturbance may immediately begin a process of ecological succession.
  • 31. Does Ecological Succession ever stop?  Over a long period of time, the climate conditions of an ecosystem is bound to change.  No ecosystem has existed or will remain unchanged over a Geological Time Scale
  • 34. At the End Please feel free to send your valuable feedback to me at: nandapalit@yahoo.co.in OR through facebook @nandapalit

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  1. Psychoanalytical Theory of Personality James J. Messina, Ph.D. Dr Sigmund Freud 1856-1939 Oldest of eight children Married with 3 girls and 3 boys Physician-Biologist – Scientific oriented and Pathology oriented theory Jewish-anti-religion-All religion an illusion used to cope with feelings of infantile helplessness In Vienna Austria 78 years till 1938 Based theory on personal experiences Died of cancer of jaw & mouth lifelong cigar chain-smoker What is the Unconscious That portion of the mind inaccessible to usual, conscious thought Get to unconscious through Free Association: spontaneous free flowing associations of ideas and feelings Dream Interpretation Manifest Content: what a person remembers and consciously considers-only a partial representation Latent Content: underlying hidden meaning-vast underlying Unconscious can manifest itself symbolically in a dream Structure of the Mind Id – Pleasure Seeking Ego – Reality Focused Superego – Conscience over the Ego and Id ID basic psychic energy and motivations Operates to demands of Pleasure Principle-strive to satisfy desires and reduce inner tension Sea around an Island EGO deals with real world Operates to demands of Reality Principle solves problems by planning & acting City Hall on island roots and foundation in sea - id Superego internalized social norm & moral forces pressing on and constraining individual action The “over-I” over ego Church on island roots and foundation in sea - id Freudian Slip Psychological error in speaking or writing Evidence of some unconscious urge, desire, or conflict & struggle When ego or superego are not doing their job properly elements of id slip out or are seen Libido Sexual energy which underlies the tension between selfishness and society and inner tensions that strive for relief Psychosexual Theory of Development Five Stages of Development Oral Stage Anal Stage Phallic Stage Latency Period Genital Stage Oral Stage: Birth to 2 year Satisfy drive of hunger and thirst by breast or bottle If fixated after weaned: Over Dependency Over Attachment “Intake” of interesting substances/ideas Anal Stage: 2- 4 years Id wants pleasure of reducing tension by defecating & urinating Toilet training – get superego to impose societal norms Self-control Holding back Freedom of action no control Fixated at Anal Stage Enjoy bathroom humor-making messes-even of other people’s lives Neatness, order & organization and Obstinacy & Stinginess – Anal retentive- passive aggressive Phallic Stage: 4 – 6 years Sexual energy focused on genitals Masturbation Differences between boys and girls Emerging sexual gender identity Personality fixed by end of this stage Oedipus Complex A boy’s sexual feeling for his mother and rivalries with his father Psychological defenses against these threatening thoughts and feelings Form reaction pattern used throughout life Form personality through identification with father Diminish fear of castration-vicariously obtain mother through father Castration Anxiety Unconscious fear of loss of penis and becoming like a female Fear of powerful people overcoming them Fear of revenge of the powerful people Penis Envy A girl’s feelings of inferiority and jealousy Turns affections from mother to father since blame mom for no penis Although can’t have penis can have baby Wants to find a good man like her father and produce a baby Latency Period 5-11 years of age Time between resolution of Oedipus complex and puberty Usually not possible for sexual urges to be directly expressed Sexual energies are channeled into school and friends Genital Stage Adolescence - Adulthood Normal sexual relations Marriage Child-rearing Defense Mechanisms To protect the ego against the painful and threatening impulses arising from the id we distort the reality The processes that distort the reality for the ego are called defense mechanisms Types of Defense Mechanisms Repression Reaction Formation Denial Projection Displacement Sublimation Regression Rationalization Repression Pushes threatening thoughts back into the unconscious Posttraumatic Stress Disorder- PTSD – Common with veterans and victims of sexual abuse False memories – suggested through psychotherapist intentionally or unintentionally Reaction Formation Process of pushing away threatening impulses by overemphasizing the opposite in one’s thoughts and actions Examples: Jim Bakker & Jimmy Swaggart Denial Refusing to acknowledge anxiety-provoking stimuli Mind’s means of keeping its own sensations out of conscious awareness Or That fabulous river which runs down the middle of Egypt which many of us sail on Projection Anxiety-arousing impulses are externalized by placing them, or projecting them, onto others. A person’s inner threats are attributed to those around them Newt Gingrich: public diatribe against infidelity of president while engaged in ownlong term infidelity out of public eye Displacement The shifting of the targets of one’s unconscious fears or desires Hydraulic Replacement Model Some release valve must be found for the bottled-up aggressive impulses triggered by frustration and humiliation Example: Man angry at boss kicks dog, kids Tools for Anger Workout-www.coping.org Sublimation Transforming of dangerous urges into positive, socially acceptable motivation Turns sexual energy away fro sexual ends and towards societal goals Is is possible that as society becomes more sexually liberated, art, creativity and even civilization will suffer? Regression Returning to earlier, safer stages of our lives There may be regression to the stage where there was previous fixation Rationalization A mechanism involving post hoc logical explanations for behaviors that were actually driven by internal unconscious motives Explanation for behavior not even remotely related to the true causes Contributions of Freud First personality theory Emphasis on sexuality as influence Importance of early childhood experience Concept of unconscious Scientific approach to mental health on continuum from physical health Limitations of Freud’s Work Pessimistic and deterministic approach to personality Pathology based theory Hydraulic model of psychic energy exaggerated No controlled studies-poor research Overemphasis on differences between men and women Unconcerned with interpersonal relations, individual identity and adaptation over one’s lifetime Hypermnesia “Excessive memory” situation in which a later attempt to remember something yields information that was not reportable on an earlier attempt to remember. Memory flooding Infantile Amnesia Most adults cannot remember much of what happened to them before age three or four Adults cannot remember any things be they traumatic or not Still not clear why Subliminal Perception Very weak stimuli could be perceived and processed without conscious awareness of such stimulus having occurred. Not consciously aware of stimuli that are nevertheless being processed by some parts of our brain Memory Fact: every person experiences every event from a unique, individual perspective that depends on a person’s needs, goals, assumptions and other experiences Fact: individualized memory is a complex, multifaceted, constantly changing representation -What is reported about the event varies tremendously with the circumstances under which the memory is probed Explicit vs Implicit Memory Explicit memory: can recall or recognize something Implicit memory: change how think or behave as a result of some experience that do not consciously recall Procedural Memory vsDeclarative Memory Representation of the skill itself can be present in memory even in the absence of conscious memory for the event during which the skill was acquired. Procedural: Memory for how to do the task Declarative: Memory for facts about a task or event