During ecological succession,

A) the activities of earlier waves of colonizers cause nutrients and organic matter to accumulate in a habitat, allowing later colonizers to thrive.
B) biodiversity typically increases over time.
C) all the species that have lived in the habitat remain in the climax community.
D) both A and B


D

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