Which succession is driven temporarily by living organisms like pathogens or herbivores?
Biogenic succession attributes a temporary directional change to living agents such as herbivores, pathogens, or ecosystem engineers. Their population activity changes mortality, recruitment, or habitat structure, producing community replacement even though the driver is not the plants' own progressive modification of the site. Classical succession terminology divides community development into site exposure, arrival, establishment, interaction, environmental reaction, and relative stabilization. Modern ecology treats these as useful descriptions rather than a rigid deterministic program. Loca
Ref: Ecology: Concepts and Applications, Molles, 9th Ed., Ch. 20