The trade-off between fecundity and survival suggests:
“High fecundity reduces lifespan” for the trade-off between fecundity and survival suggests. 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—“High reproduction = long life”, “More survival = less reproduction”, “Long life increases fecundity”—refer
Ref: Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes, Grime, 2nd Ed.