From June to September 1988, 51 different wildfires started in Yellowstone Park. By the end of the summer, approximately 794,000 acres of the park were affected, which included about 24 percent of the whitebark pine forest population, many lodgepole pine stands, and a variety of other plants and animals. Which type of change was seen in the ecosystems that were affected by the 1988 fires in Yellowstone Park? primary succession secondary succession a climax community species extinction

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Hailey Pugh

14 October, 00:01

From June to September 1988, 51 different wildfires started in Yellowstone Park. By the end of the summer, approximately 794,000 acres of the park were affected, which included about 24 percent of the whitebark pine forest population, many lodgepole pine stands, and a variety of other plants and animals. Which type of change was seen in the ecosystems that were affected by the 1988 fires in Yellowstone Park? primary succession secondary succession a climax community species extinction

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Eileen Hanson · Answer 1

The answer to your question is secondary succession, if it only affected the population of plants and animals in the ecosystem without causing complete distraction.