Species with which type of reproductive patterns are the most vulnerable to extinction? Explain your

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Those species that are more vulnerable to extinction are the big-sized ones, that reach their sexual maturity in a relatively advanced stage of their lives and have a low growth rate per capita. They have a low reproductive rate.

Explanation:  

There are specific heritable traits such as reproductive rate, trophic level, dispersion capability, that influence different species and their trend to be more or less vulnerable to extinction. "k" species have a low growth rate per capita, but they are big competitors with the capacity of displacing other species and monopolizing the available resources. These are big-sized species that live for a long time, reaching sexual maturity in advanced stages of their lives. They do not have numerous progenies, and hence, they spend a lot of time in parenting. Any environmental disturbance seems to severely affect them. These animals have a higher risk of getting extinct than those species with short-lived and elevated reproductive rates.

For many mammals and birds, this is a linear relationship. The bigger is the species, the more prone to get extinct it is.

relative dating involves things like higher layers are most recent than rocks lower in the sequence. this can be extended to the known sequence of fossils. rocks containing rabbit fossils are later than those containing dinosaur fossils.  

absolute dating methods mainly use radioactive elements that have known rates of decay and produce recognizable products. for example potassium 40 decays to produce argon. once a rock has solidified the argon is trapped. by measuring the argon and potassium0 you can get an accurate number for the age.  

some other methods are good for archaeological ages. dendrochronology involves recognizing the sequence of tree rings. the orientation of magnetized particles in baked clay can be used to date a fire.

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