Question

What reproductive timing will best suit an organism adapted to habitats that experience frequent disturbance? Why?

Answer 1

Early reproductive timing will best suit an organism adapted to habitats that experience frequent disturbance. Timing of first reproduction is another tradeoff. Early reproduction lowers the chance of dying without offspring, so it is suitable for organisms with unstable environment.

r- selected species show this type of life history strategy in which early reproduction occurs with many small offsprings having small body size. Species with this reproductive pattern overcome the massive loss of their offspring by producing so many unprotected young that a few will survive to reproduce many offspring to begin the cycle again.

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