Please choose from the lists below the proper order of three words that best characterize the three mechanisms of succession proposed by Connell and Slatyer: facilitation, inhibition, and tolerance. The words should relate properly to the effect of one species on the probability of a second species becoming established during succession.

A) neutral, positive, negative
B) positive, neutral, negative
C) positive, negative, neutral
D) negative, positive, neutral


Ans: C) positive, negative, neutral

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