Ecological succession
PROCESS OF CHANGE IN THE SPECIES STRUCTURE OF AN ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY OVER TIME
Successional sequence; Plant succession; Succession rate; Old field succession; Old-field succession; Succession (ecology); Ecological Succession; Succession(ecology); Ecologic succession; Natural succession; Biological succession; Succession (biology); Microsuccession; Preclimax; Postclimax; Forest succession; Monoclimax
Ecological succession is the process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. The time scale can be decades (for example, after a wildfire) or more or less.