In the 1940s, biologist Adolph Murie studied survival in Dall sheep in what is now Denali National Park in Alaska. He found that Dall sheep that survive their first year of life have a high probability of surviving until they are around 9 years old; after that, they rapidly become easy prey for wolves and die at a very high rate. This pattern BEST fits a Type _____ survivorship curve.
A) I
B) II
C) III
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