Answers to Figure Legend Questions

FIGURE 15.3 The stippled light green regions are similar to the regions in which tropical rainforests are found. Thus, the plants in this mycorrhizal association are likely to be tropical rainforest trees and other plants found in the rainforest biome.

FIGURE 15.4 Ectomycorrhizae form a mantle around the root, while arbuscular mycorrhizae can penetrate the cell wall of a root cell and form an arbuscule (a branching network of hyphae).

FIGURE 15.8 Myosotis laxa grows best under colder conditions of 11°C- 12°C with cattail neighbors present.

FIGURE 15.20 These results would suggest that although ants increase their frequency of weeding when parasites are present, they do not discriminate among parasites.