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Climax Species Bio Dominant Stable Change Time Making

A climax community is stable with minimal change over time, its composition dependent on climate. Biodiversity increases during succession, peaks mid-succession, then declines as dominant species outcompete others, leading to lower overall biodiversity with more dominant species.

Una comunidad clímax es estable con cambios mínimos a lo largo del tiempo, y su composición depende del clima. La biodiversidad aumenta durante la sucesión, alcanzando su punto máximo a mitad de la sucesión, y luego disminuye a medida que las especies dominantes eliminan a las pioneras, resultando en una menor biodiversidad general con más especies dominantes.

Front climax com
Back com now stable with little change over time, species making up climax com depends on climate, bio inc as succession occurs but climax com not most biodiverse, bio peaks mid-succession, then starts to dec as more dominant species outcompete pioneer/other species, eliminating them, and the more dominant species present, the lower the bio

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