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| a type 1 survivorship curve |
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Definition
| has low juvenile mortality (one big offspring) |
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| a type II survivorship curve has |
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| relatively constant mortality throughout life |
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| a type III survivorship curve has |
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| high juvenile mortality. many tiny offspring |
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| reproductive output is determined by: |
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Definition
body mass number of offspring is determined by survivorship |
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Term
| for ever 100X increase in body mass |
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Definition
litterl weight increases by 300X in mammals clutch weight increases by 166X in birds clutch size icnreases by only 25X in aquatic poikilotherms |
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| what ihe relationship between N and dN/Ndt? |
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| when N is small, it is large |
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