Which of the following statement is correct for secondry succession?
It begins on a bare rock.
It occurs on a deforested site.
It follows primary succession.
It is similar to primary succesion except that primary succession has a relatively fast pace.
As learnt in Succession of Plants -
Secondary succession is a process started by an event (e.g., forest fire, harvesting, hurricane) that reduces an already established ecosystem (e.g., a forest or a wheat field) to a smaller population of species and as such secondary succession occurs on preexisting soil. Secondary biotic succession occurs in abandoned farm lands, burned or cut forests and lands that have been flooded. It is not similar to primary succession and neither it follows primary succession. It does not begins on bare rock as well.
Hence, the correct option is (c).