DENDROLOGY

FOREST ECOLOGY

FOREST SUCCESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or false ____ once an area reaches a climax community it will stay like that forever unless it undergoes a disturbance.
A
False
B
True
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A climax community will not change as long as the climate and physiography remain the same. Thus it can be said that a climax community is more or less stable with the climate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Succession stops temporarily when a “climax” community forms; such communities remain in relative equilibrium until a disturbance restarts the succession process.

Detailed explanation-3: -The final stage of succession is called the climax community. The stage leading to the climax community is called successional stages or seres.

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