In fire-maintained climax communities in the southeastern United States, periodic fires
A) change soil conditions so they do not favour oaks or broadleaf species.
B) cause rapid compensatory growth of burned pines.
C) kill oak and other broadleaf species but not pines.
D) change water relations to conditions that favour pines.
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