A community may undergo a regime shift or a phase shift when ________

A) it has too many symbiotic relationships among species
B) pollutants cause a rapid rise in mutations
C) it loses a keystone species or suffers a major climatic change
D) all invasive and exotic species are removed
E) it suffers a natural fire or flood


Answer: C

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