Study the following Leslie matrix, which describes the annual age-specific birth rates and the annual survival rates from one age class to the next, and a vector that shows the number of individuals in each age class from age class 0 to age class 3 at time t 0 . I am going to give you a series of statements that you might hear from a friend, relative, freshman at Cornell, colleague, etc. Evaluate and discuss three of these statements from a biological or technical perspective on the attached blank pages. That is, educate me about what I should know to understand the content and meaning of each statement, explain any technical terms, and defend or attack each armed with your knowledge of conservation biology.
Species go extinct because deaths exceed births for a long enough period of time.
The world supposedly reached a landmark population size this week.