Consider This Figure from Your Text

question 8

Multiple Choice

Consider this figure from your text. How do you think the daily increase in leaf area of the clay-origin and sand-origin species, when growing in the unprotected clay and sandy habitats, would change in response to a large increase in far-red light?

• A)The daily increase in leaf area would be lower for the clay species in both habitats, but the increase in far-red light would have no effect on the sandy-origin species in either habitat.
• B)The daily increase in leaf area would be higher for both species in the clay habitat, but lower for both in the unprotected habitat.
• C)The daily increase in leaf area would be lower for both species in both habitats.
• D)The increase in far-red light would have no effect in the clay habitat, but the clay-origin species would have even greater losses of leaf area in the sandy habitat

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