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Community Succession: The sequential replacement of species in a community by immigration of new species and by local extinction of old ones.

Climax Community: The stage in community succession where the community has become relatively stable through successful adjustment to its environment.

Open Community: A community in which the populations have different density peaks and range boundaries and are distributed more or less randomly.

Partible Succession: The opposite of primogeniture, partible succession is the practice in which all the children share equally in an inheritance. Under this legal system, if a property-owner or king dies, the d . . . View Full Definition

Junior-Community College: A Junior/Community College is a two-year institution of higher education. Course offerings generally include a transfer curriculum with credits transferable toward a bachelor's degree at a f . . . View Full Definition

Intestate Succession: A succession of a property to the heirs when a person dies without a will.

Faunal Succession: A principle of relative dating that is based upon the observed sequence of organisms in the rock record. The relative age of two rock units can frequently be determined by matching the fossi . . . View Full Definition

Pioneer Community: The initial community of colonizing species.

Rural Community Advancement Program (RCAP): A program established by the rural development Title of the FAIR Act of 1996 under which USDA is authorized to provide state rural development block grants, direct and guaranteed loans, and . . . View Full Definition

Succession Planning: The process of identifying long-range needs and cultivating a supply of internal talent to meet those future needs. Used to anticipate the future needs of the organization and assist in find . . . View Full Definition