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invasion and succession  

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  • Invasion and succession are the establishment of one or more species in an area previously uninhabited by those species and the subsequent progression of the ecological community's species composition in that area through time. As ecological terms, invasion and succession are usually discussed independently from each other. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Invasion and Succession]

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