6. Typically, an ecosystem has to move through series of successional changes before it can reach the state of equilibrium. FOR AN ECOSYSTEM TO BE BALANCED, IT WILL TAKE BETWEEN THIRTY TO ONE HUNDRED YEARS depending on the type of ecosystem involved
7. Natural ecosystems are often incredibly sensitive to change, such as the introduction or removal of a species. A healthy ecosystem is said to be in equilibrium, which is a relatively stable state that keeps population sizes within a sustainable range (not too many of a certain species alive or dead).
8. In scientific ecology, climax community or climatic climax community is a historic term for a boreal forest community of plants, animals, and fungi which, through the process of ecological succession in the development of vegetation in an area over time, have reached a steady state.
9. Flooding and Volcanic Eruption
10. Secondary succession, type of ecological succession (the evolution of a biological community's ecological structure) in which plants and animals recolonize a habitat after a major disturbance—such as a devastating flood, wildfire, landslide, lava flow, or human activity (e.g., farming or road or building construction)—
