alleryStart learning →Birds are given as an example of which survivorship curve?
AType IV
BType II
CType I
DType III
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Type II
1. The intermediate curve has a distinctive death pattern.
2. Birds are an example of an intermediate survivorship curve.
3. That intermediate curve is Type II.
4. Birds die more or less equally at each age interval.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 45 'Population and Community Ecology', sections 45.1-45.4_
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