BIOL 2060 Lecture Notes - Survivorship Curve, Leslie Matrix, Dall Sheep
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Monkeying around with data
Look at thehypothetical data in the table below, which were collected for anewly discovered species of monkey. "#ALIVE" refers tothe number that were living at the beginning of thatage. "# OF DEATHS" refers to the number that died by theend of thatage.
AGE | #ALIVE | #OFDEATHS | %MORTALITY | #OFOFFSPRING |
Newborns | 1000 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 |
1 | 970 | 70 | 7.2 | 20 |
2 | 900 | 50 | 5.9 | 250 |
3 | 850 | 50 | 6.3 | 270 |
4 | 800 | 300 | 37.5 | 56 |
5 | 500 | 400 | 80.0 | 4 |
6 | 100 | 97 | 97.0 | 1 |
Based onthese data, answer the following questions:
- How wouldyou characterize the population's survivorship?
- Do thesemonkeys invest much energy into caring for theiryoung? Justify your answer.