2.3 Flashcards
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Characteristics of R selction
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High Mortality Rate, High number of offspring, Early Independence at Birth
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Characteristics of K Selection
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Low number of offspring, high parental care, Large size of offspring
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Basic Structure of Survivorship curve
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Linear Curves- Type 2
Logarithmic Curves- Type 1 and Type 3
Y axis- Surviving Frame Cohort
X- Axis- Age
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How to Identify Type 1 Curve
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In the beginng and the middle, it stays high but at the end of the lifespan, It begins to decrease
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How to Identify type 2 curve
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It stays linear throughout the whole lifepsan
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How to identify Type 3 curve
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The lifespan begins to decrease from the minute they are alive
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