2022 Phase 2 EcosystemEcological succession Easy Question 1 of 7 in Ecological succession

All successions irrespective of the habitat proceed to which type of climax community?

A Edaphic
B Xeric
C Mesic
D Hydrophytic

The answer is C.

Solution

Both hydrarch and xerarch successions lead to medium water conditions, so all successions irrespective of the habitat proceed to a mesic climax community.

Concept Ecological succession

Ecological succession in past papers

7 questions from this chapter have appeared across 5 exam years.