Fires in forests from lightning rid the forest of dead branches and leaves. if the trees survive and the soil remains intact, the forest will experience regrowth to its climax state by which process?

It is called ecological succession, which can take up to a decade. It is a process of change in the species structure that occurs after a vast loss or extinction. Ecologists study how complexity is evident when a community is formed or occurrence takes place from an empty land or bare soil.