Definition
disclimaxes
noun
- Plural of disclimax; a community of organisms that has been degraded from its climax state by human activity or disturbance and does not naturally return to that state.
Usage: ecology; technical term
Examples
- Overgrazing has created disclimaxes in many grassland regions.
- The ecologist studied how disclimaxes form when forests are repeatedly logged.
- Agricultural lands often represent disclimaxes maintained by human management.
- These disclimaxes require ongoing intervention to prevent further ecological change.