You Find a Notebook That Has Lots of Equations,tables,and Graphs

question 43

Multiple Choice

You find a notebook that has lots of equations,tables,and graphs in it.The tables have columns for the number of female offspring born over a year,the number of deaths over a year,and the number of individuals in various age classes.What subject do you think the owner of the notebook is studying? What type of tables are they most likely using?

• A)population density;life tables
• B)population ecology;mark-recapture tables
• C)demography;life tables
• D)demography;survivorship tables
• E)population density;survivorship tables

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