In trade-off between offspring number and size:
“More number = smaller size” for in trade-off between offspring number and size. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. Survivorship curves summarize age-specific mortality: Type I concentrates loss late in life, Type II approximates a constant hazard, and Type III concentrates loss early. They are empirical patterns, not rigid taxonomic rules. The remaining alternatives—“Large number = larger size”, “Small number = smaller size”, “They are unrelated”—refer to different states, processes,
Ref: Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes, Grime, 2nd Ed.