During Primary Succession at Glacier Bay, Overall Plant Species Diversity

question 19

Multiple Choice

During primary succession at Glacier Bay, overall plant species diversity

• A) first increases rapidly, then levels off.
• B) increases steadily throughout succession.
• C) increases slowly at first, then more rapidly after a few hundred years.
• D) peaks at intermediate successional stages.
• E) decreases steadily throughout succession.

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