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CLIMAX STAGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The point in the ecological succession at which a plant-community reaches a state of equilibrium with its environment, able to reproduce itself indefinitely under existing conditions.

OBS

Since climatic changes, ecological processes, and evolutionary processes cause changes in the environment over very long periods of time, the climax stage is not completely permanent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

En écologie, le climax désigne l'état final d'une succession écologique et l'état le plus stable dans les conditions abiotiques existantes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

Comunidad de organismos en equilibrio con las condiciones ambientales que sopone el punto final de la sucesión natural.

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