Lion King Ecological Succession

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Cassandra Nguyen
Biology 1
Ms. Coleman
September 23, 2015
The Lion King One way the community in Lion King can be changed is by ecological succession. Ecological succession consist of primary and secondary succession, but I am only going to talk about secondary succession. Secondary succession is a result of a disturbance which changes an existing community without removing the soil. Secondary succession occurs in The Lion King when Scar is king, near the end when Simba is king, and it also happens in the real world. Secondary succession occurred while Simba was trying to take back the throne. In the progress of doing so, a fire started. The fire caused the vegetation to burn, which would lead to secondary succession. This will change the …show more content…

Coleman
September 23, 2015
The Lion King One way the community in Lion King can be changed is by ecological succession. Ecological succession consist of primary and secondary succession, but I am only going to talk about secondary succession. Secondary succession is a result of a disturbance which changes an existing community without removing the soil. Secondary succession occurs in The Lion King when Scar is king, near the end when Simba is king, and it also happens in the real world. Secondary succession occurred while Simba was trying to take back the throne. In the progress of doing so, a fire started. The fire caused the vegetation to burn, which would lead to secondary succession. This will change the community because the vegetation would have to regrow over a period of time, and while it is in the progress of growing back, the lion and hyena population will have to travel to get food. This fire is similar to a real forest fire because in both communities, the vegetation would grow back over a period of time, and the remaining animals that survived would have to travel to find …show more content…

This is an example of a commensalism relationship; which means that one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. In this case, Rafiki is the one who benefits because he gets a shelter out of the tree, and the tree is neither helped nor harmed from him living in the tree. When monkeys are high up in a tree, predators that are on land can’t get them, and this is important in maintaining a stable ecosystem because it keeps the monkey population from decreasing. This relationship is similar to a real life relationship because monkeys do find shelter up in trees, and the tree is not helped nor

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