Which of the following best describes succession?

A. The evolution of species through natural selection to become different species over time.

B. The reduction in biodiversity in an ecosystem over time.

C. The changes in species composition in a community over time as species colonize an area.

D. All of the above

A

Explanation:

Succession is natural process resulting in the existence of a new species from a parent species, differing in some characterisrics native to the parents (mostly enhanced differences). It often defines a natural selective process, in that such enhancements of characteristics maybe elude some members (geni) of the species in question or distributed randomly among the species.

C) the changes in species composition in a community over time as species colonize an area. I just took the test