Write about the significance of plant succession. 

Explanation

Significance of Plant Succession:
(i) Succession is a dynamic process. Hence an ecologist can access and study the seral stages of a plant community found in a particular area.
(ii) The knowledge of ecological succession helps to understand the controlled growth of one or more species in a forest.
(iii) Utilizing the knowledge of succession, even dams can be protected by preventing siltation.
(iv) It gives information about the techniques to be used during reforestation and afforestation.
(v) It helps in the maintenance of pastures.
(vi) Plant succession helps to maintain species diversity in an ecosystem
(vii) Patterns of diversity during succession are influenced by resource availability and disturbance by various factors.
(viii) Primary succession involves the colonization of habitat of an area devoid of life. (ix) Secondary succession involves the reestablishment of a plant community in disturbed area or habitat.
(x)Forests and vegetation that we come across all over the world are the result of plant succession