Which survivorship curve is linear?
“Type II” for which survivorship curve is linear. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. Life-history traits reflect allocation among growth, maintenance, survival, and reproduction. Energy invested in many offspring cannot simultaneously be invested in large offspring, prolonged care, or future breeding, creating measurable trade-offs. The remaining alternatives—“Type I”, “Type III”, “None”—refer to different states, processes, or scales and therefore do not express the same causal relat
Ref: Ecology: Concepts and Applications, Molles, 9th Ed., Ch. 12
