A conservation biologist is working to protect elephant seal populations. Elephant have a classic type I survivorship curve with very low levels of juvenile mortality and high survivorship rate. They insist that reducing threats to adults is more important than protective juveniles. Are they correct

Elephants and Classic Type I Survivorship Curve

The conservation biologist is correct.

Explanation:

Classic type 1 survivorship curve means that mortality of elephants increases as they age, and their fecundity (or fertility) decreases as they age.  Therefore, reducing the threats to adults should be more important than protecting the younger elephants.  The younger elephants have higher rates of survival and fecundity than their older parents.