$\text {Life Table for Lacerta vivipara in the Netherlands}$

question 26

Multiple Choice

$\text {Life Table for Lacerta vivipara in the Netherlands}$

$\begin{array}{ccccc} \hline&&&&\text { Survivorship } 3 \text { fecundity } 5 \text { average number }&\\\text { Year}&\text { Number alive}&\text { Survivorship} &\text {Fecundity}&\text {of offspring produced per female born } \\0 & 1000 & 1.000 & 0.00 & 0.00 \\1 & 763 & 0.763 & 1.70 & 1.30 \\2 & 308 & 0.308 & 2.94 & 0.91 \\3 & 158 & 0.158 & 4.13 & 0.65 \\4 & 57 & 0.057 & 4.88 & 0.28 \\5 & 10 & 0.010 & 6.50 & 0.07 \\6 & 7 & 0.007 & 6.40 & 0.04 \\7 & 2 & 0.002 & 6.30 & 0.01\\ \hline\end{array}$
$\text {Data are from Strijbosch and Creemers, 1988.}$ Figure 51.7
-Using information from the table above, how would you describe the population dynamics of L. vivipara?

• A) The population is decreasing.
• B) The population is increasing.
• C) The population is stable.
• D) The figure does not provide this information.