Ecology 5th Edition by Manuel Molles

Exercise 13

Apply Winemiller's model to plants. If you were to construct a strictly quantitative classification of plant life histories using Winemiller and Rose's approach, what information would you need about the plants included in your analysis? How many plant species would you need to have an idea of how variation in their life histories compares with those of animals (e.g., as in fig. 12.22)? Try to reconcile Grime's plant classification with the scheme offered by Winemiller and Rose. Where are they similar? How are they different?
Figure 12.22 Variation in life histories within vertebrate animals (after Winemiller and Rose 1992).