According to the tolerance model of succession,
A) early successional species modify the environment making it less suitable for the establishment by all species.
B) only early successional species can establish as succession begins.
C) early successional species modify the environment making it less suitable for early successional species but more suitable for late successional species.
D) early successional species modify the environment making it less suitable for early successional species but neither less nor more favorable for late successional species.
E) both early successional species modify the environment making it less suitable for early successional species but neither less nor more favorable for late successional species and only early successional species can establish as succession begins.

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The tolerance model of succession suggests that early successional species modify the environment in ways that do not necessarily make it more favorable for late successional species but do make it less suitable for themselves, leading to their own decline without specifically facilitating or inhibiting the establishment of late successional species.

According to the Tolerance Model of Succession