Geography A-Level
Plagioclimax
What Plagioclimax means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A stable plant community maintained by continuous human intervention, which prevents the natural climax from establishing.
A stable plant community that has arisen as a result of human intervention deflecting natural succession.
Topics that use Plagioclimax
- Ecosystems and processes (AQA A-Level)
- Ecosystems in the British Isles over time (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Climatic climax
- Ecological succession
- Nutrient cycling
- Adaptation
- Ecological efficiency
- Ecosystem productivity
- Energy dynamics
- Human intervention
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