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The gradual change in species composition in a given area
Ecological succession
Involves the gradual establishment of biotic communities in lifeless areas where there is no soil in a terrestrial ecosystem or no bottom sediment in an aquatic ecosystem
Primary succession
In which a series of communities or ecosystems with different species develop in places containing soil or bottom sediment
Secondary succession
Intense natural selection pressure between predator and prey populations
Coevolution
A stable group of plants and animals that is the end result of the succession process
Climax community
The arrival of living things such as lichens that do not need soil to survive