5. Which one of the following is not a form of research misconduct?
a. Not ordering sufficient research supplies for a
particular experiment
b. Making up data to yield more interesting research
c. Copying the work of others and claiming it as
your
own
d. Altering the calibration of scientific instruments
to produce false positive readings

they each offer a fresh glut of resources to the organisms that can arrive and exploit them. as individuals and new species continue to appear, they actively and passively alter the environment. competition for shared resources increases, local abiotic and biotic conditions shift, and the relative abundances of species change accordingly. the process is called ecological succession, and it is one of the earliest and most well-known concepts in ecology.

i think it is true in my reasonment ..