As an individual ________ its reproductive effort, it ________ its survivorship.
A)increases; reduces
B)increases; increases
C)increases; does not change
D)decreases; reduces

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When an individual increases its reproductive effort, it typically invests more energy into reproduction and less into physiological maintenance, which can reduce its survivorship. Therefore, as reproductive effort increases, survivorship decreases.

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