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climax community
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An ecological community in which populations of plants or animals remain stable and exist in balance with each other and their environment
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equilibrium
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the state in which 2 opposing forces are balanced
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pioneer species
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a species that is first to establish itself in an area where nothing is growing
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primary succession
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the development of plant and animal life in an area without topsoil
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secondary succession
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the progressive replacement of one community by another until a climax community is established
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succession
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the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established
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