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Which one of the following statements about ecological succession is incorrect?

Options

  1. AA community that is in near equilibrium with the environment and that is called a climax community.
  2. BThe gradual and fairly predictable change in the species composition of a given area is called ecological succ
  3. CPrimary succession takes place in those areas which somehow lost all the living organisms that existed there.
  4. DAt any time during primary or secondary succession, natural or human induced disturbances (fire, deforestation

Correct answer

C. Primary succession takes place in those areas which somehow lost all the living organisms that existed there.

Step-by-step solution

When one species occupy an area leading to declining or disappearance of other species; this changes in the composition of species in any given area is called ecological succession. When succession occurs in an area where no living organism ever existed; it is called Primary Succession and when it takes place in the area that has lost all living organisms that had existed there; it is called Secondary Succession. Newly created ponds, bare rock are examples of primary succession. Abandoned farmlands and burned fores

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