In Grime’s triangle, trees and shrubs typically occupy:
“Competitive corner” for in grime’s triangle, trees and shrubs typically occupy. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. Survivorship curves summarize age-specific mortality: Type I concentrates loss late in life, Type II approximates a constant hazard, and Type III concentrates loss early. They are empirical patterns, not rigid taxonomic rules. The remaining alternatives—“Ruderal corner”, “Stress-tolerator corner”, “Centre”—refer to different states, processes, or scales and therefore do
Ref: Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes, Grime, 2nd Ed.