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> There's no concept of "better." Such concept exists and is a clear one in fact. In ecology is called the climax of an ecosystem.
by pvaldes 6y ago
> There's no concept of "better."
Such concept exists and is a clear one in fact. In ecology is called the climax of an ecosystem.
- vikramkr 6y agoI think your ecology textbooks are a few decades out of date. Monoclimax theory is obsolete[0]. Its much more accurate to consider the equilibrium state than to imagine an ecosystem as working towards some idealized climax. And "better" is a very subjective human-centric term - its utterly meaningless without context (e.g. this ecosystem is better for supporting higher levels of biodiversity). Try asking a beachgoer and a skier whether summer or winter is "better" and see how far that scientific discussion gets you. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_community#Continuing_usage_of_%22climax%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_community#Continuing_us...