Biology by Campbell and Reece



Biology by Campbell and Reece

Question 1

Growth studies have been widely used in order to explore the life history strategies of plants. More specifically, the determination of the plant primary strategies is based on the value of the growth rate.

It is generally accepted that within different habitat constraints, natural selection favors plants with different growth rates, while experts points out that in a given habitat two different growth strategies could coexist. This is furthermore implicit in latest investigations mentioning to north European formations, centering on the implication of ever greenness in nutrient poor habitats.

Despite the ...