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What are the general characteristics of stress-tolerant plants?
What are the general characteristics of stress-tolerant plants?
- Slow growth rates and evergreen foliage (correct)
- Ability to respond effectively to permanently favorable conditions
- Fast rates of water and nutrient use and high palatability to herbivores
- Fast growth rates and deciduous foliage
What is the strategy of ruderals plants?
What is the strategy of ruderals plants?
- Short lifespan and rapid growth rate (correct)
- Long lifespan and slow growth rate
- High resistance to disturbance
- Heavy investment in fruit production
Where are stress-tolerant plants dominant?
Where are stress-tolerant plants dominant?
- In habitats with high disturbance and low stress (correct)
- In habitats with low stress but high disturbance
- In habitats with high stress and high disturbance
- In habitats with low disturbance and low stress
What does Grime's model account for?
What does Grime's model account for?
What is the term for organisms that reproduce only once in a lifetime?
What is the term for organisms that reproduce only once in a lifetime?
Which type of plants complete their life cycle in a year or less?
Which type of plants complete their life cycle in a year or less?
What is the term for plants that can reproduce multiple times?
What is the term for plants that can reproduce multiple times?
Which type of animals or plants may reproduce every year for centuries?
Which type of animals or plants may reproduce every year for centuries?
According to Grime's definition, what is stress in the context of plant life histories?
According to Grime's definition, what is stress in the context of plant life histories?
Which habitat type would be characterized by low stress and high disturbance?
Which habitat type would be characterized by low stress and high disturbance?
In Grime's triangular model, which plant life history corresponds to low stress and low disturbance?
In Grime's triangular model, which plant life history corresponds to low stress and low disturbance?
According to Grime, what is the definition of competition in the context of plant life histories?
According to Grime, what is the definition of competition in the context of plant life histories?
