The following statements about community structure and interactions are correct, with the exception of which one?
A) The trophic cascade model suggests that the lower trophic levels influence/control the higher trophic levels.
B) High-diversity communities are often more resilient to invasive species than low-diversity communities.
C) Communities show variation in the top-down and bottom-down community control.
D) The dynamic stability hypothesis suggests that long food chains are less stable than low food chains.
E) An organism that influences a community by changing its physical environment is referred to as an ecosystem engineer.
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