Climax species: Difference between revisions

The idea of a climax species has been criticized in recent ecological literature.<ref>[http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/people/doaklab/timberland/timberland/results.htm Results, Analysis of Timberland Owned by San Jose Water Company] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617032242/http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/people/doaklab/timberland/timberland/results.htm |date=2013-06-17 }} 2007-04-27</ref> Any assessment of successional states depends on assumptions about the natural fire regime. But the idea of a dominant species is still widely used in [[Silviculture|silvicultural]] programs and [[California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection|California Department of Forestry]] literature.