Plant Behavior

Question 1

Are plants passive?

Answer 1

No, phenotypic changes in response to competition that vary depending on the competitors and the environment in which they are competing

Question 2

Kin recognition

Answer 2

plants can recognize kin through a variety of signals

Question 3

root foraging

Answer 3

plants must make decision about how to best spend their effort/put their roots

Question 4

how plants recognize kin

Answer 4

light penetrating through the leaves
secondary chemistry
root chemicals

Question 5

2 ways plants can communicate

Answer 5

air and soil chemicals