Muttonia and Thatchland are two adjacent islands in the Atlantic. Each has a population of the...

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Muttonia and Thatchland are two adjacent islands in the Atlantic. Each has a population of the plant maroonwort, a wildflower that grows in grassy meadows and produces seed pods at the end of each summer (Fig 1). Both islands are primarily grassland but Muttonia has a population of wild sheep that grazes the vegetation to a low height and creates patches of bare ground (Fig 2). Thatchland has no sheep and taller, more dense vegetation (Fig 3). NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION, PROPERTY OF YORK UNIVERSITY Fig 2: Muttonia Fig 1: maroonwort seed pods Fig 3: Thatchland A researcher collects seed pods from 10 plants on each island and records the following data: pods per plant 17 16 Mean number of Mean number of Mean weight of seeds per pod 12 38 individual seeds 20 mg Island 1 Island 2 8 mg NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION, PROPERTY OF YORK UNIVERSITY Unfortunately, the researcher neglected to label the pods to indicate which island they were collected from. Make a prediction as to the identities of "island 1" and "island 2" in the table above (i.e., which is Muttonia and which is Thatchland). Explain the reason for your prediction, based on the data in the table and referring to life history theory. Muttonia and Thatchland are two adjacent islands in the Atlantic. Each has a population of the plant maroonwort, a wildflower that grows in grassy meadows and produces seed pods at the end of each summer (Fig 1). Both islands are primarily grassland but Muttonia has a population of wild sheep that grazes the vegetation to a low height and creates patches of bare ground (Fig 2). Thatchland has no sheep and taller, more dense vegetation (Fig 3). NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION, PROPERTY OF YORK UNIVERSITY Fig 2: Muttonia Fig 1: maroonwort seed pods Fig 3: Thatchland A researcher collects seed pods from 10 plants on each island and records the following data: pods per plant 17 16 Mean number of Mean number of Mean weight of seeds per pod 12 38 individual seeds 20 mg Island 1 Island 2 8 mg NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION, PROPERTY OF YORK UNIVERSITY Unfortunately, the researcher neglected to label the pods to indicate which island they were collected from. Make a prediction as to the identities of "island 1" and "island 2" in the table above (i.e., which is Muttonia and which is Thatchland). Explain the reason for your prediction, based on the data in the table and referring to life history theory.

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