Soil Profile
The soil in the taiga biome is covered by permafrost for the majority of the year. Since the biome is in the northern hemisphere, the biome does get snow and it does get cold.
Succession
"Succession is the observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. The community begins with relatively few pioneering plants and animals and develops through increasing complexity until it becomes stable or self-perpetuating as a climax community" (Wikipedia).
Succession demonstrates dynamic equilibrium/stability in the taiga biome. When the vegetation reaches a certain point and stops growing, is doesn't do anything anymore.
Succession demonstrates dynamic equilibrium/stability in the taiga biome. When the vegetation reaches a certain point and stops growing, is doesn't do anything anymore.
Primary and Secondary Succession
"Primary succession is one of two types of biological and ecological succession of plant life, occurring in an environment in which new substrate devoid of vegetation and usually lacking soil, such as a lava flow or area left from retreated glacier, is deposited. In other words, it is the gradual growth of an ecosystem over a longer period" (Wikipedia).
"Secondary succession is one of the two types of ecological succession of plant life. As opposed to the first, primary succession, secondary succession is a process started by an event[1] (e.g. forest fire, harvesting, hurricane) that reduces an already established ecosystem (e.g. a forest or a wheat field) to a smaller population of species, and as such secondary succession occurs on preexisting soil whereas primary succession usually occurs in a place lacking soil" (Wikipedia).
Primary and secondary succession are different. Primary succession is basically when the plants started growing from the beginning of time in the biome. Secondary succession is when the plant growth starts over as a result of a disaster that destroyed the plant population.
"Secondary succession is one of the two types of ecological succession of plant life. As opposed to the first, primary succession, secondary succession is a process started by an event[1] (e.g. forest fire, harvesting, hurricane) that reduces an already established ecosystem (e.g. a forest or a wheat field) to a smaller population of species, and as such secondary succession occurs on preexisting soil whereas primary succession usually occurs in a place lacking soil" (Wikipedia).
Primary and secondary succession are different. Primary succession is basically when the plants started growing from the beginning of time in the biome. Secondary succession is when the plant growth starts over as a result of a disaster that destroyed the plant population.