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Chapin et al. conducted their work in Glacier Bay in 1994. If we were to return today to his plots, what could we predict to find in his former ten year-old pioneer communities that had been dominated by low shrubs, herbs, mosses, liverworts, and lichens?
A) Largely the same community, but slightly more diverse
B) Many of the same species, but with some tall shrubs
C) A community dominated by the small shrub Dryas drummondii
D) A community where Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and alders (Alnus sinuata) co-dominate with diverse subcanopy species

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Refer to the figure.
 Chapin et al. conducted their work in Glacier Bay in 1994. If we were to return today to his plots, what could we predict to find in his former ten year-old pioneer communities that had been dominated by low shrubs, herbs, mosses, liverworts, and lichens?
A) Largely the same community, but slightly more diverse 
B) Many of the same species, but with some tall shrubs 
C) A community dominated by the small shrub Dryas drummondii 
D) A community where Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and alders (Alnus sinuata) co-dominate with diverse subcanopy species

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The Answer of Refer to the figure.
 Chapin et al. conducted their work in Glacier Bay in 1994. If we were to return today to his plots, what could we predict to find in his former ten year-old pioneer communities that had been dominated by low shrubs, herbs, mosses, liverworts, and lichens?
A) Largely the same community, but slightly more diverse 
B) Many of the same species, but with some tall shrubs 
C) A community dominated by the small shrub Dryas drummondii 
D) A community where Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and alders (Alnus sinuata) co-dominate with diverse subcanopy species

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