Ecology 6th Edition by Manuel Molles

Exercise 14

Using what you know about the trade-off between seed number and seed size (e.g., fig. 12.7) and patterns of variation among plants, predict the relative number of seeds produced by the various plant growth forms and dispersal strategies listed on figure 12.8

Figure 12.7 Relationship between seed mass and seed number (data from Stevens 1932).

Figure 12.8 Plant growth form and dispersal mechanism and seed mass (data from Westoby, Leishman, and Lord 1996).