Use the Figure to Answer the Following Question Data Are from Strijbosch and Creemers, 1988

question 2

Multiple Choice

Use the figure to answer the following question.
Life Table for Zootoca vivipara in the Netherlands
$\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{|l|}\hline\\\\\\\text {Year}\\\hline0\\\hline1\\\hline2\\\hline3\\\hline4\\\hline5\\\hline6\\\hline7\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline\\\\\\\text {Number alive}\\\hline1000\\\hline763\\\hline308\\\hline158\\\hline75\\\hline10\\\hline7\\\hline2\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline\\\\\\\text {Survivorship}\\\hline 1.000 \\\hline 0.763 \\\hline 0.308 \\\hline 0.158 \\\hline 0.057 \\\hline 0.010 \\\hline 0.007 \\\hline 0.002 \\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline \\\\\\\text { Fecundity }\\\hline 0.00\\\hline1.70\\\hline 2.94\\\hline 4.13\\\hline4.88\\\hline6.50\\\hline6.40\\\hline6.30\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline\text {Survivorship × Fecundity = }\\\text {Average Number of }\\\text {Offspring Produced per}\\ \text {Female of Age \( x \) }\\\hline0.00\\\hline1.30\\\hline0.91\\\hline0.65\\\hline0.28\\\hline0.07\\\hline0.04\\\hline0.01\\\hline \end{array}\end{array}$
Data are from Strijbosch and Creemers, 1988.
Using the table, how would you describe the population dynamics of the Eurasian lizard, Z. vivipara?

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

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