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As requested, I was asked to post these in a different question from my original post please help!

Question 5 of 10

1.0 Points

What information is needed to estimate the rate of population growth, r, from a life table?

A. age-specific survivorship and fecundity

B. sex ratio and stable age distribution

C. Age and survivorship

D. Age and survival

Question 6 of 10

1.0 Points

Delayed density dependence (time lags) can create what kind of population dynamics?

A. damped oscillations that return to an equilibrium

B. stable limit cycles

C. chaos

D. all of these patterns of dynamics

Question 7 of 10

1.0 Points

Simple theory predicts that metapopulations will persist indefinitely if __.

A. rates of extinction exceed rates of colonization

B. values of r are < 0

C. rates of colonization exceed rates of extinction

D. values of r are > 0

Question 8 of 10

1.0 Points

What factors may account for population extinctions?

A. small population size

B. inbreeding depression

C. high environmental variation

D. failure of Allee effects

E. all of these factors

As requested, I was asked to post these in a different question from my original post please help!

Question 5 of 10

1.0 Points

What information is needed to estimate the rate of population growth, r, from a life table?

A. age-specific survivorship and fecundity

B. sex ratio and stable age distribution

C. Age and survivorship

D. Age and survival

Question 6 of 10

1.0 Points

Delayed density dependence (time lags) can create what kind of population dynamics?

A. damped oscillations that return to an equilibrium

B. stable limit cycles

C. chaos

D. all of these patterns of dynamics

Question 7 of 10

1.0 Points

Simple theory predicts that metapopulations will persist indefinitely if __.

A. rates of extinction exceed rates of colonization

B. values of r are < 0

C. rates of colonization exceed rates of extinction

D. values of r are > 0

Question 8 of 10

1.0 Points

What factors may account for population extinctions?

A. small population size

B. inbreeding depression

C. high environmental variation

D. failure of Allee effects

E. all of these factors

Explanation / Answer

Answer 5. A) age-specific survivorship and fecundity.

Answer 6. D) all of these patterns of dynamics.

Answer 7. C) rates of colonization exceed rates of extinction.

Answer 8. E) all of these factors