The Emergence Machine

Primary Succession

abstract · Ecology · Level 4 · E7

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Primary succession emerges from the interplay between succession's temporal nature and balance's spatial requirements, where the presence of matter and entities occupying space enable the establishment of relationships between organisms and their environment.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “primary succession” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “primary succession”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
primary succession
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0Primary SuccessionBalanceSuccessionDurationForceFormMeasurementActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesPioneer SpeciesL8Primary SuccessionL4BalanceL3SuccessionL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Balance L3 (requires) Visual Arts sense
    primary succession requires understanding balance as a foundational concept
  • Succession L3 (requires)
    An ecological concept relating to primary succession, involving relationships between organisms and their environment.

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