Environment & Ecology · Ecology
According to Grime's CSR strategy scheme, plant life histories are classified based on the intensity of Stress and Disturbance. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding plant strategies under these conditions?
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- 1Conditions of high stress and high disturbance result in small plants that can rapidly grow, have high reproductive output and long life.
- 2Conditions of low stress and high disturbance result in plants that are robust in terms of biomass, with low growth rates and slow reproduction.
- 3Conditions of high stress and low disturbance result in stress-tolerant plants that are slow growing, attaining low- to medium-biomass, with low reproductive output and long life.✓
- 4Conditions of low stress and low disturbance result in a strategy that aims to maximize competitiveness and results in plants with small biomass, rapid reproduction and short life.
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Conditions of high stress and low disturbance result in stress-tolerant plants that are slow growing, attaining low- to medium-biomass, with low reproductive output and long life.
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