Would you expect a plant growing at high density with many c

Would you expect a plant growing at high density (with many close neighbors) to have higher or lower allocation to defense than one growing at low density? allocation to defense would be similar in both environments, because it depends on soil type not plant density allocation to defense would be higher for plants at low density because such plants would not have to allocate resources to growing tall in order to avoid oversharing allocation to defense would be higher under high plant densities because losing any leaves to herbivores might lead to overtopping by neighbors

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Allocation to defence would be higher for plant at low density because resources is the limiting factor for any ecosystem and as density increases the availability decreases