Which type of Succession takes place in Abandoned Farm lands?
Answer-
Secondary Succession
Successional dynamics following severe disturbance or removal of a pre-existing community are called secondary succession.
Primary Succession takes place in a newly formed area like new ponds and base rocks and the area where the soil is unable to develop sustainable lives like newly cooled lava and retreated glacier areas.
Secondary succession is the invasion of a habitat by plants on land that was previously vegetated. Pre-exist vegetation may be damaged by natural or human disturbances such as fire, logging, cultivation, or hurricanes.
There can be multiple types of secondary succession
(i) Micro-Succession or Serule
(ii) Allogenic Succession
(iii) Autogenic Succession
(iv) Progressive Succession
(v) Retrogressive Succession
Progressive succession is a succession where the community becomes complex and contains more species and biomass over time.
Retrogressive succession is a succession where the community becomes simplest and contains minimum or fewer species and less biomass over time.
So abandoned lands are those lands which are not looked after..hence due to presence of soil on land secondary succession takes place...but it depends which type of secondary succession occurs. Whether progressive, retrogressive, allogeneic etc.
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