At a spatial scale of approximately 10mm in radius,the grass species Aira praecox was found to be _______ with another grass,Erodium cicutarium.As a result A.praecox tended to occur in small single-species clumps making it less likely to experience competition from E.cicutarium.
A) Positively associated. B) Negatively associated. C) Neutrally associated. D) Slightly associated.