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i). The equilibrium Model:
This states that an ecosystem always tends towards stability. As soon as the community of an ecosystem is disturbed due to external environmental change, it quickly returns to its original state
ii). The non-equilibrium model:
It states that the ecosystem stability is rarely attained because of disturbances caused by frequent external environmental change and do not allow it to develop an ordered state of species assemblage in an ecosystem.
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