Which of the Following Choices Explains a Dominance-Controlled Community

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following choices explains a dominance-controlled community?

• A) Species are competitively equivalent. As a result, all species colonize a site and maintain their presence. Thus, species richness is high.
• B) Species are not competitively equivalent. This means that some species will be able to colonize a site and maintain their presence, but some will not be able to do so.
• C) Species can either be early species or later species, but ultimately regardless of which type of colonizer they are, each will be competitively equivalent.
• D) Primary dominance is determined by density-dependent factors. As a result, the species richness is high.

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