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question 15

Multiple Choice

(Figure 19.11) Given the results in the figure, what might prevent a tree with large seeds, like a chestnut, from establishing in a forest with high densities of sweet birch seeds, an early-succession species?

• A) The sweet birch seeds would germinate and grow faster, crowding out the chestnut saplings.
• B) A chestnut seed would never be transported a large distance to the sweet birch forest.
• C) Sweet birch seedlings exude chemicals that block the germination of chestnut seeds.
• D) Chestnut seeds, being large, are more likely to be attacked by insects than sweet birch seeds.

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