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

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


B

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