Question

What is survivorship curve and how is it useful?

• A. It is a plot of the age of organism against number of survivors in each age
• B. The curve explains how many of the newborn will survive in each organism
• C. It gives an idea if the organism follows K or R strategy of growth
• D. It indicates the organism's ability to survive natural disasters

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

The correct options are
A It is a plot of the age of organism against number of survivors in each age
B The curve explains how many of the newborn will survive in each organism
C It gives an idea if the organism follows K or R strategy of growth

A survivorship curve is obtained by plotting the age of organism on one axis and the number of survivors on the other axis. The graph will give a distinctive curve, based on the data points. Looking at this curve we can infer if the organism follows the K or the R strategy of growth.