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i need to identify interactions that occur within communites.  and was wondering if you could help me with how to discribe how ecosystems recover from a adisturbance.  thank you very much!

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Almost all inteactions within a community are trophic.  Read up on food webs.
The recovery of an ecosystem depends upon the kind of  a disturbance and may well depend upon surrounding communities. For example damage from a forest fire depends upon new growth form outside.

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Walter Hintz

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Science teacher for over 50 years. MSc. in biology. I can answer questions in general biology, zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology and biochemistry.

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I have a MSc in biology and have been a science teacher for over 50 years. At present I am a faculty member at a college and a science consultant at seven catholic schools.

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