Survivorship is determined by
A. The probability that an individual will survive infancy
B. The maximum life span that an individual of a given species could reach
C. The number of individuals in a population that survive in a given year
D. The percentage of a cohort that survives to a certain age
E. The number of years an individual of a certain age will probably live
Answer: D
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