Survivorship curves generated from static life tables may be easier to construct but they ignore environmental variation and may be slightly less accurate than survivorship curves from cohort life tables.

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III. Vascular plants  (pteridophyta)

EVOLUTION OF LEAVES

spore-bearing leaves called sporophylls

In terms of size and complexity, leaves can be classified as either microphylls or megaphylls

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Sporophylls and Spore Variations

Sporophylls produce clusters of sporangia known as “sori”

Groups of sporophylls form cone-like structures called “strobili” 

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Homosporous and Heterosporous

Homosporous develops into a bisexual gametophyte example; ferns

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Heterosporous two types of sporophylls, called- 

megasporophylls-  spores that develop into Female gametophytes

microsporophylls-  spores that develop into Male gametophytes

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Modes of reproduction