Answer: succession

AnswerCrossword Clue
successiona coming after or following
successionThe right or sequence of inheriting a position, title, etc
successionThe process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached
successionThe action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc
successionA number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other
successionA group of strata representing a single chronological sequence