Four of the five answers listed below are characteristics of an opportunistic life history. Select the exception.

A) early reproduction
B) higher early mortality, shorter life
C) fewer breeding episodes, many young per episode
D) more parental investment
E) result of r-selection

Opportunistic Life History

A strategy wherein organisms take immediate advantage of favorable conditions for growth and reproduction without a fixed pattern, often in unpredictable environments.

Parental Investment

Any contribution by a parent to an offspring that increases the offspring's chance of surviving and reproducing at the cost of the parent's ability to invest in other offspring.

R-Selection

Pattern of natural selection in which producing the most offspring the most quickly is adaptive; occurs when population density is low and resources are abundant.