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    What factor does not contribute to the rapid loss of nutrients from terrestrial ecosystems?
    1. Clear cutting native forests
    2. Early serai stages
    3. Climax communities
    4. Low diversity
    Choose the correct option from the codes given below:

    A) 1 and 2            

    B) 2 and 3

    C) 3 only              

    D) 3 and 4

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    In ecology, climax community, or climatic climax community, is a historic term that expressed a biological community of plants and animals and fungi which, through the process of ecological succession - the development of vegetation in an area over time - had reached a steady state. This equilibrium was thought to occur because the climax community is composed of species best adapted to average conditions in that area.


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