Q.1 (x) The number of deaths when environmental pressures come into play is known as _____.
A. absolute mortality
B. absolute natality
C. realized mortality
D. realized natality
Best answer
Answer: C. realized mortality
Answer: (c) realized mortality
Realized (ecological) mortality is the actual number of deaths in a population under the given environmental conditions (predation, disease, shortage of food, etc.). Minimum (absolute) mortality is the death rate under ideal conditions, due to old age only.
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