单词 | disclimax |
释义 | disclimaxn. Ecology. An enduring climax (climax n. 5) whose composition (in relation to the climax that would otherwise have been expected) has been altered by disturbance such as human activity, livestock grazing, or natural disaster. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > [noun] > replacement of one species by another > climax climax1899 post-climax1916 preclimax1916 subclimax1916 proclimax1930 polyclimax1933 monoclimax1934 plagioclimax1935 disclimax1936 1936 F. E. Clements in Jrnl. Ecol. 24 265 Disclimax... The most frequent examples of this community result from the modification or replacement of the true climax..or from a change in the direction of succession. 1973 A. G. McArthur in D. G. Dufty et al. Historians at Work 29 The activities of man, including such factors as clearing, grazing, burning and cultivation, produce ‘disclimax’ communities. 2011 P. J. Morin Community Ecol. (ed. 2) xiii. 322 Failure to reach these typical climax communities was the consequence of various disturbances, such as fire, which maintained communities in a state of disclimax. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936 |
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