Which type of process occurred in the ecosystem that was affected by the 1988 fires in Yellowstone Park, which

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Which type of process occurred in the ecosystem that was affected by the 1988 fires in Yellowstone Park, which destroyed most of the vegetation but left the soil intact?
primary succession
secondary succession
a climax community

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Secondary succession.

Explanation: The fires removed vegetation but left soil and many propagules (seeds, roots, microbial communities) intact, so recovery proceeded from that existing soil—characteristic of secondary (not primary) succession.

Which type of process occurred in the ecosystem that was affected by the 1988 fires in Yellowstone Park, which destroyed most of the vegetation but left the soil intact?
primary succession
secondary succession
a climax community

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Which type of process occurred in the ecosystem that was affected by the 1988 fires in Yellowstone Park, which destroyed most of the vegetation but left the soil intact? primary succession secondary succession a climax community

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Which type of process occurred in the ecosystem that was affected by the 1988 fires in Yellowstone Park, which destroyed most of the vegetation but left the soil intact?
primary succession
secondary succession
a climax community