Secondary succession only occurs on land-based ecosystems.
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The process of secondary succession on human altered landscapes differs to that of succession after a natural event due to the homogenization of soil type and nutrients, especially where artificial fertilizers have been applied.

Explanation:

Secondary succession is one of the two types ecological succession of a plants life. As opposed to the first, primary succession, secondary succession is a process started by an event

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