This new land later allows pioneer species such as lichens, algae, and fungi to grow until it reaches a stable ecosystem.Ecological Succession We occasionally see extremely dry, barren land with rocks or boulders that make it almost impossible to think that living organisms can survive there due...
A cladogram displays the relationships between organisms based on their characteristics or ancestors. To better understand this word let's look at the Greek roots: "klados" or "clados" meaning branch and "gram" meaning written. A cladogram can be understood as a written diagram or branching...
Stable fungal associations with algae and/or cyanobacteria, usually referred to as lichens, feature prominently in the history of the discovery and study of symbiosis. In describing the pairing of fungi with microbial photosymbionts for the first time, the Swiss botanist Simon Schwendener proposed ...