Question

The oldest plant community in glacier bay is hemlock-spruce forest. you would predict that hemlock and spruce trees are _____-strategists.

Answer 1

Since the hemlock and spruce trees are old, they are K-strategists. K-selected species, or K-strategists, are species that produce only a few offspring that live for a long time. r-selected species, or r-strategists, on the other hand are able to produce more offspring which survive for a shorter period of time.