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Question
What will be the P/R ratio of a climax community and a pioneer community? What explanation could you offer for the changes seen in P/R ratio of a pioneer community and the climax community?
Solution
P/R (Production/Respiration) ratio shows the relationship between gross production and respiration. In the climax community, the P/R ratio will be 1. In the pioneer community, the P/R ratio will be more than one.
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