What Is True About the Life Table Data and Resulting

question 41

Multiple Choice

What is true about the life table data and resulting survivorship curve for Dall sheep as published by O. Murie in 1944?

• A) The survivorship curve showed a definitive type II curve.
• B) Age class 0-1 had higher survivorship then any of the next three ages classes.
• C) When the population size for a particular age class was small, survivorship rates were unreliable.
• D) The real-world survivorship curve based on the collection of 608 Dall sheep skeletons did not differ from the expected, generalized curve for similar species.

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