FORESTRY
GENERAL FORESTRY
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Question
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Why are there more climax communities in the eastern half of the country than in the west?
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The East Coast has more public lands
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There are more houses in the east
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There is more rainfall in the east, and less wildfires
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There are more wildfires in the west, so the west is in more of a continual state of succession
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Two of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The species composition of the climax community remains the same because all the species present successfully reproduce themselves and invading species fail to gain a foothold.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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