Module 182
is describes the components of a life history strategy. In this part of the Penultimate Assessment
you need to discuss the life history strategies of your species.
To complete this task you should:
1.
Identify:
a.
The age at
first reproduction
b.
Parity
c.
Fecundity
2.
Identify if
the reproductive strategy is semelparity or iteroparity and explain why it falls into this
classification.
3.
Describe the degree of parental
behavior. If your species does not
demonstrate parental behavior explain how a lack of parental behavior could
have arisen through evolution.
4.
Classify the species as either an
r-strategist or a k-strategist. Explain why your species falls into this
category.
5.
Identify and
describe at least one trade-off your species reproductive strategies.
Provide an annotated bibliography that summarizes your research on
the organism.
Note: For
this class and many scientific publications the American Psychological
Association (APA) style of citation is appropriate. You will find a full description of this
style through the Bunn Library website directing you to: http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/apa
An
additional reminder: You must also include in-text citations that accompany
your annotated bibliography. In-text
citations should include the author’s last name and date of publication.
1.
Submit your
descriptions of adaptations and bibliography to your instructor via Blackboard
as a “Turn-It-In” assignment and as a hard copy.
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