Which of the following statements about the intermediate disturbance hypothesis are true? Check all that apply.
A. Intermediate disturbance should lead to increases in species richness.
B. An example of intermediate disturbance would be a tree fall in a mature rain forest.
C. Disturbances tend to lead to the dominance of K-selected species.
D. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis predicts that most communities eventually reach an end-state or climax community.
E. Intermediate disturbance should lead to all successional stages being present in the community at the same time.
Answer: E
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