However, if we take balance to mean that some changes in the state of a system are consistent with maintaining species and processes, while other changes are not, then there clearly are balances in nature, and different kinds of disturbances can have quite different implications for the integrity of natural and managed systems. Your essay should be approximately one to two pages, typed, double-spaced. As we study insects, fungi, fire, wind, cutting, keep these things in mind. Pioneer species, therefore, rely on disturbance to persist. Although frequency varies.
Fire also varies with habitat type and vegetation.
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