4. The area around the pond is an oak-hickory forest. After the pond fills in, 1 pon

the area will undergo another series of stages of succession and eventually

develop into the oak-hickory forest. What is the oak-hickory forest.

A climax community

Explanation:

A climax community is a relatively stable community in which the component species are in equilibrium with one another.

Ecological succession involves a gradual change of the species composition structure of a community over a period of time.

Depending on the initial state of a community, the species composition keeps changing from pioneer species of a completely new habitat in primary succession through secondary succession and, in the absence of disturbance, to a stable community which is referred to as a climax community.

c is the correct answer!