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

question 50

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, determine which age class year would cause the largest decline in the resulting population growth, if it were wiped out by disease.

• A) age class year 1
• B) age class year 2
• C) age class year 3
• D) age class year 4

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