FOREST ECOLOGY
FOREST SUCCESSION
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Question
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Which statement is TRUE about ecological succession?
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Succession always results in the same climax community everywhere
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Succession always starts with bare rock
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Succession always ends with a pioneer species
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The climax community will depend on where succession is occurring
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Instead, climax communities form a continuum that varies across environmental gradients largely characterized by local variations in climatic and edaphic conditions, local disturbance regimes, and biotic factors, particularly herbivores.
Detailed explanation-2: -Features of climax communities They have a “middle path”, ie. they have moderate conditions, also called mesic conditions. They have high species diversity, and transfer of energy is in the form of complex food webs, not simple food chains.
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