topographic climax

Japanese: topographic climax(英語表記)topographicclimax
topographic climax

…There is no fundamental difference between these climax theories when it comes to interpreting climaxes specifically. For example, if we consider the red pine forests on the temperate ridges of Japan to be merely a cessation of transition at a stage before the climatic climax of the beech forests on mountainsides, then we can call them a sub-climax in the monopolar theory; if we consider them to be stable, even though they are not a climax, then they would be a topographic climax in the multipolar theory. This is simply a difference in how we think about the time required for the transition, that is, the stability of the climax. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "topographic climax" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 具体的に極相を解釈する際にはこれらの極相説のあいだには基本的な差はない。例えば,日本の温帯の尾根のアカマツ林は,気候極相の山腹のブナ林より前の段階で遷移が停止しているにすぎないとみなせば,単極相説における一つの準極相と呼ぶことができ,極相ではないが,安定を続けるとみなせば,多極相説における地形極相topographic climaxということになる。これは遷移に要する時間,すなわち極相の安定性に対する考え方の差にすぎない。…

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