You Are Studying Salamanders to Test If Offspring Fitness Is

Multiple Choice

You are studying salamanders to test if offspring fitness is affected by the number of eggs a female oviposits.What you learn is that females that lay more eggs produce smaller offspring.This is an example of ________ and means that there is __________ to high reproductive output for these salamanders.

A) r species; a benefit
B) a tradeoff; a cost
C) k species; a benefit
D) a tradeoff; an advantage