Multiple choice

The stable community, maintained by man or his domestic animals is termed as

  1. Climatic climax

  2. Edaphic climax

  3. Catastrophic climax

  4. Disclimax
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D Correct answer
Explanation

When a stable community, which is not the climatic or edaphic climax for the given site, is maintained by man or his domestic animals, it is designated as Disclimax (disturbance climax) or anthropogenic subclimax (man-generated). For example, overgrazing by stock may produce a desert community of bushes and cacti where the local climate actually would allow grassland to maintain itself.

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