$\text {Life Table for Lacerta vivipara in the Netherlands}$

Multiple Choice

$\text {Life Table for Lacerta vivipara in the Netherlands}$

$\begin{array}{ccccc} \hline&&&&\text { Survivorship } 3 \text { fecundity } 5 \text { average number }&\\\text { Year}&\text { Number alive}&\text { Survivorship} &\text {Fecundity}&\text {of offspring produced per female born } \\0 & 1000 & 1.000 & 0.00 & 0.00 \\1 & 763 & 0.763 & 1.70 & 1.30 \\2 & 308 & 0.308 & 2.94 & 0.91 \\3 & 158 & 0.158 & 4.13 & 0.65 \\4 & 57 & 0.057 & 4.88 & 0.28 \\5 & 10 & 0.010 & 6.50 & 0.07 \\6 & 7 & 0.007 & 6.40 & 0.04 \\7 & 2 & 0.002 & 6.30 & 0.01\\ \hline\end{array}$
$\text {Data are from Strijbosch and Creemers, 1988.}$ Figure 51.7
-Using information from the table above, how would you describe the population dynamics of L. vivipara?

A) The population is decreasing.
B) The population is increasing.
C) The population is stable.
D) The figure does not provide this information.