How Do Ecological Communities Change Over Time

question 61

Multiple Choice

How do ecological communities change over time?

• A) Interactions between and among species may cause changes in ecological communities over time.
• B) Keystone species typically become the most common species within an ecological community.
• C) Species richness typically declines as one species outcompetes all other species.
• D) Ecological communities are defined at a given point in time; any change leads to reclassification of the community.

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