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Chapter 53, Problem 2TYK
Which of the following statements about life tables is not true?
- a. They show the age-specific death rate for a population.
- b. They are used to predict
logistic growth . - c. They can be used to construct survivorship curves.
- d. They are often constructed by following a cohort from birth to death.
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