The Theory That Plants Cannot Grow on a Particular Area

question 66

Multiple Choice

The theory that plants cannot grow on a particular area until the soil has been developed enough by an earlier community is the

• A) climax-pattern model.
• B) facilitation model.
• C) inhibition model.
• D) tolerance model.
• E) soil development model.

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Definitions:

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