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The first species to colonize an area during ecological succession is called a _______.

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pioneer species
he community begins with relatively few pioneering plants and animals and develops through increasing complexity until it becomes stable or self-perpetuating as a climax community. The "engine" of succession, the cause of ecosystem change, is the impact of established species upon their own environments. A consequence of living is the sometimes subtle and sometimes covert alteration of one's own environment.
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