Forest Succession

by Nathan Carroll

1. INTRODUCTION
   • Briefly define forest succession
   • What causes succession?

    

2. MAIN BODY
   • Disturbances leading to succession
     • Fire
     • Weather-related events
     • Human causes, including logging
       
   • After the disturbance: Forest Succession
     • Typical early succession species such as VA Pine
     • How succession appears to us
     • Latter stages of succession
   • Factors affecting regeneration
     • Site quality
     • Management
     • Environmental factors

      

3. CONCLUSION AND QUESTIONS

Questions:

1. When does succession occur?
2. What is one species of tree that is considered early successional?
3. What can affect regeneration after a distubance?