http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ecology/Community_succession_and_stability A community can be defined simply as the assemblage of the various species populations occupying the same place at the same time. (See chapter 4 for more details). Therefore, as defined…
http://www.wildernesscollege.com/ecosystem-succession.html Ecosystem succession, also called “ecological succession,” is the process through which a natural community of plants and animals changes after a disturbance. It is generally understood that ecological succession…
The concept of succession was first clearly put forth by Clements (1916). The classical use of the term involves three fundamental concepts (after Mitsch and Gosselink, 1986): vegetation occurs in recognizable communities; community…