In the process of ecological succession, the entire sequence of communities that successively change in a given area are called _________.
Sere
Ecological succession is the gradual process by which communities of organisms change and develop over time in a given area, from pioneer species to the final stable community.
The entire sequence of communities that follow one another during succession in a given area is collectively called a Sere (or seral sequence). Each transitional community in the sequence is called a seral stage or seral community.
A Climax is the final, stable community that succession arrives at — it is just one community (the last), not the entire sequence.
Ecesis refers to the process of establishment and growth of organisms in a new area — it is a step within succession, not the whole sequence.
Invasion refers to the arrival of organisms into a new habitat — again a single process, not the full sequence of communities.
Hence, the entire sequence of communities successively changing in a given area during ecological succession is called a Sere.
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