Climax community
ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY THAT HAS REACHED ITS FINAL STEADY STATE
Climax (biology); Disclimax; Climax vegetation; Climax ecosystem; Climax communities; Climatic Climax Community; Polyclimax; Disturbance climax; Climatic climax; Climax forest; Climatic climax community; Climax plant communities
In scientific ecology, climax community or climatic climax community is a historic term for a community of plants, animals, and fungi which, through the process of ecological succession in the development of vegetation in an area over time, have reached a steady state. This equilibrium was thought to occur because the climax community is composed of species best adapted to average conditions in that area.