For 10 points, name this ecological process in which an embryonic community undergoes a directional change in its plant species that ends with the establishment of a climax community.
Gleason proposed an individualistic concept of this process, which focused on abiotic and biotic heterogeneity. Fredric Clement's theory introduced an equilibrium stage (*) in which foreign species can no longer compete with established species. Its autogenic form involves alteration of the environment by the community and its primary form begins with colonization. For 10 points, name this ecological process in which an embryonic community undergoes a directional change in its plant species that ends with the establishment of a climax community.
Gleason proposed an individualistic concept of this process, which focused on abiotic and biotic heterogeneity.
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