NEET2015BotanyEcosystemActual
During ecological succession:
Options
- AThe establishment of a new biotic community is very fast in its primary phase.
- BThe numbers and types of animals remain constant.
- CThe changes lead to a community that is in near equilibrium with the environment and is called pioneer communi
- DThe gradual and predictable change in species composition occurs in a given area.
Correct answer
D. The gradual and predictable change in species composition occurs in a given area.
Step-by-step solution
Ecological succession involves a gradual and fairly predictable change in the species composition of a given area, i.e., the numbers and types of animals. The establishment of a new biotic community is very slow in its primary phase. The first set of species or community that develops in a bare area in ecological succession is the pioneer community. Pioneer species facilitate succession. The final steady stable self-sustaining community in an ecological succession that lead to a community that is in near equilibriu