During the process of community succession, according to the traditional view,

During the process of community succession,
  according to the traditional view,
  a. the total biomass remains constant.
  b. succession culminates in a climax community
  c. the pioneer community gives way quickly to the
  climax community, followed by a succession of
  more diverse arrays of organisms.
  d. nutrients cycle more rapidly with time.
  e. all of these occur.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is false about
  brown-headed cowbirds?
  a. They live as commensals with bison and cattle.
  b. They are insect-eaters.
  c. Females can lay thirty eggs in a season.
  d. Cowbird hatchlings are recognized as imposters
  by host parents.
  e. They now parasitize at least fifteen species of
  native North American birds.