A community that is maintained at a stage earlier than the climatic climax due to continuous human or animal interference is called a:
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: Disclimax
A disclimax (disturbance climax) is a stable community that persists only because of ongoing disturbance, such as a managed grassland that would otherwise become a forest if mowing stopped.
Keep practicing
More Succession questions
- In a xerosere, the stage that immediately follows the Crustose lichen stage is the:
- What is the term for succession occurring in a saline environment like a salt marsh?
- Which of the following represents an abiotic factor that could trigger allogenic succession?
- The 'Inhibition Model' of succession suggests that:
- Succession on an abandoned agricultural field is a classic example of:
- The concept that a single geographical area can support only one specific climatic climax community is known as the: