Disturbances create openings for new or different plants which changes the natural succession of a plant community.

We were just lucky that natural succession also occurred in the three decades after the end of First Pass.

I would have a deed of gift drawn up, but would rather you seemed to come in by natural succession.

This is nothing more than a natural succession and recognition of a guy who's done well for Amdahl.

Past land use, natural succession and human activities have played a role in changing the reserve's vegetation.

Sedimentary environments usually exist alongside each other in certain natural successions.

In time, the natural succession of plants turned this into an informal landscape which became very popular with the local residents.

These are all likely to be present in nearby woodland and have probably invaded as a result of natural succession.

This allows the natural ecological succession for the island to proceed without outside interference.

There is a cure-but it means the end of natural succession.