ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEM
Question
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K-selected
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r-selected
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -K-selected reproductive strategies tend towards heavy investment in each offspring, are more common in long-lived organisms, with a longer period of maturation to adulthood, heavy parental care and nurturing, often a period of teaching the young, and with fierce protection of the babies by the parents.
Detailed explanation-2: -R-selected species are influenced heavily by intrinsic growth rates ("r"), or the maximum population growth rate, and exhibit large increases followed by large decreases in population numbers. K-selected species are controlled more by carrying capacity ("K") and tend to display more stable populations.
Detailed explanation-3: -K-selected species possess relatively stable populations fluctuating near the carrying capacity of the environment. These species are characterized by having only a few offspring but investing high amounts of parental care. Elephants, humans, and bison are all k-selected species.