climax community

(thing) by Tem42 Mon Sep 23 2002 at 19:26:35

A biological community that is in a stable state. The local ecology is in a stable state, populations are holding steady, and no great threat is looming. This is the 'final' seral stage, but only in the sense that all seres build towards this. Something will come along to disrupt things eventually, and the cycle will start over.

If a climax community is very large and well defined, it may be referred to as a biome.

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