Eventually a new equilibrium is approached (sometimes referred to as a climax community), with r-strategists gradually being replaced by K-strategists which are more competitive and better adapted to the emerging micro-environmental characteristics of the landscape.
Til sidst vil en ny ligevægt blive fundet (undertiden omtalt som et økologisk klimaks), med r-strateger gradvist erstattet af K-strateger, der er mere konkurrencedygtige og bedre tilpasset til de nye mikro-miljømæssige egenskaber af landskabet.