Thursday, March 7, 2013

Pioneer Species


"Pioneer species are hardy species which are the first to colonize previously disrupted or damaged ecosystems, beginning a chain of ecological succession that ultimately leads to a more biodiverse steady-state ecosystem."

Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food   By Leslie A. Duram

 

To consider Detroit as a frontier, and to colonize it, requires the standard model of a (prefabricated) home be adapted in certain ways to make it fit for the inhabitant's survival there.  The prefabricated components from which the cabin is constructed allow for the adaptive specificity that each cabin will require

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