Question

Write the difference between pioneer community and climax community?

Answer 1

Hint: Community is a group of different types of species that interact with each other in a common locality.
Community mainly includes the living commodities, also known as the biotic community.

Complete solution : In order to solve this question, we need to know more about community.
Community is an assembly of various types of species that interact with each other living in a common area.
For example: A forest of trees, some plants, inhabited by animals and rooted in soil containing bacteria and fungi, constitute a biological community.
Climax community: It is a type of community that has reached the stable stage, in an extensive and well defined term known as biome.
Pioneer community: It is a first biotic community which grows on uncovered land.
Difference between climax community and pioneer community is:

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CLIMAX COMMUNITY	PIONEER COMMUNITY
1. It is a final stable biotic community.	1. It is the first community to appear on bare land.
2.It is a last seral stage	2. It is first seral stage
3. It is established in previously occupied land.	3. It appears on the uncovered land
4. It consists of different types of species.	4. It mainly consists of small sized species.
5. The species are tolerant to extreme environments.	5. The species are less tolerable to the extreme environment.
6. Species are poor colonizers and good competitors.	6. Species are good colonizers but poor competitors.
7. Forest is an example.	7. Phytoplankton in hydrosere.

Note: Succession is a frequent change in an ecosystem. It is of two types: primary succession and secondary succession.