Step 1: Understanding the Concept
In ecological succession, the communities of an area replace one another gradually, from pioneer to climax.
Step 2: Seral stages
Each transitional community is a seral stage.
Step 3: Sere
The complete series of changing communities from the pioneer stage to the climax is called the sere.
Final Answer:
A sere is the entire sequence of communities that successively change in an area.
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