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MENTAL MODEL · M4642

Ecological Succession

Ecological Succession
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The process by which an ecosystem changes regularly over time (bare ground -> lichens -> herbaceous plants -> shrubs -> trees). At each stage, organisms modify the environment, making it less suitable for themselves and more suitable for the next stage.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Understanding stage-specific missions. A startup's culture (rough and tumble) serves early survival, but this culture changes the company's scale (environment), making it unsuitable for large-company governance. Being outcompeted by one's own success is an inevitable law of succession.

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Ecological succession refers to the orderly replacement of communities over time, from pioneer species to a stable climax community, divided into primary and secondary succession. It reveals the self-organizing path of a system over time.

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