succession
The sequential change in vegetation and the animals associated with it, either in response to an environmental change or induced by the intrinsic properties of the organisms themselves. Classically, the term refers to the colonization of a new physical environment by a series of vegetation communities until a final equilibrium state, the ... ...
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