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Clements [2] recognized the following subprocesses of succession: (1) initiation, (2) immigration of new species, (3) establishment (or ecesis), (4) competition, (5) site modification (or reaction), (6) stabilization at the ‘climax’. With the probable exception of stabilization, and a considerable reduction in emphasis of the role of site modification, which Clements saw as the main driving force of a succession after its initiation, this is still a useful way of subdividing the complex process of succession for study.
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Miles, J. (1979). Processes of vegetation change. In: Vegetation Dynamics. Outline Studies in Ecology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5798-5_2
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