| NOUN | process | ecological succession, succession | (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established |
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| Meaning | (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established. | |
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| Synonym | succession | |
| Category | ecology, bionomics, environmental science | The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment / environment |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| Spanish | sucesión ecológica, sucesión | |
| Catalan | successió ecològica, successió | |
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