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Ecological Succession: Udzungwa Forest/ Waterfall Ecological succession is the process of community change and development of an ecological structure over time. This is normally caused by disturbances within the landscape, such as climate change, or external factors such as fire, trampling or pollution. Despite these changes, a structure continues to grow and develop. There are mainly two types of succession: primary succession and secondary succession. Primary succession is the process of life colonizing areas that have never been colonized (such as a cooling field of lava) , while secondary succession is the re-establishment of species into an area that once contained a biological community but has somehow been altered (such as a cleared field no longer being farmed). As all ecological communities, the Udzungwa area was definitely at one point colonized though primary succession. Surrounded by trees currently, the forest is constantly using ecological succession as organisms and species continually...

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