Pls help ASAP. Which of the following illustrates a Type 3 survivorship curve?Maple TreeWhaleHumanBeaverBear

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Which of the following illustrates a Type 3 survivorship curve?
Maple Tree
Whale
Human
Beaver
Bear

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Step 1-Introduction

Survivorship curve is the graphical representation of how the survival rate of an species proceeds with the age.

There are three types of survivorship curves mentioned as follows:

1. Type 1- This is convex shaped curve representing the high survival of a group in early age and middle age which steeply decreases as the age increases. Example : Human

2. Type 2- This is straight line represented diagonally indicating that there is no relationship of mortality with the age. Example: Lizard

3. Type 3- This is concave shaped graph showing that there is highest mortality in the lower age and those who crosses bottleneck, survive for longer time. Example: oyster

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