Compared to the sunflowers, birch trees are:
A)r-selected.
B)K-selected.
C)less competitive.
D)more competitive.
E)None of the answer options is correct.

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Birch trees are K-selected, meaning they are adapted to stable environmental conditions and tend to have fewer offspring but invest more resources in each individual offspring. This is in contrast to r-selected species like sunflowers, which have many offspring but invest fewer resources in each. Additionally, competitiveness is not necessarily tied to K- vs r-selection, so options C and D are not accurate.

Compared to the Sunflowers, Birch Trees Are