succession

nouns

a following of one thing after another in time
"the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
is derived from
a group of people or things arranged or following in order
"a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"
is a type of (narrower)
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
"they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
the action of following in order
"he played the trumps in sequence"
is derived from
(ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established
acquisition of property by descent or by will