5-2 what limits the growth of populations?
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5-2 What Limits the Growth of Populations? . Concept 5-2 No population can continue to grow indefinitely because of limitations on resources and because of competition among species for those resources. . Most Populations Live Together in Clumps or Patches (1). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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5-2 What Limits the Growth of Populations?
• Concept 5-2 No population can continue to grow indefinitely because of limitations on resources and because of competition among species for those resources.
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Most Populations Live Together in Clumps or Patches (1)
• Population: group of interbreeding individuals of the same species
• Population distribution 1. Clumping2. Uniform dispersion3. Random dispersion
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Most Populations Live Together in Clumps or Patches (2)
• Why clumping?1. Species tend to cluster where resources are
available2. Groups have a better chance of finding clumped
resources3. Protects some animals from predators4. Packs allow some to get prey
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Population of Snow Geese
Fig. 5-11, p. 112
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Generalized Dispersion Patterns
Fig. 5-12, p. 112
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Populations Can Grow, Shrink, or Remain Stable (1)
• Population size governed by• Births• Deaths• Immigration• Emigration
• Population change = (births + immigration) – (deaths + emigration)
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Populations Can Grow, Shrink, or Remain Stable (2)
• Age structure• Pre-reproductive age• Reproductive age• Post-reproductive age
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Some Factors Can Limit Population Size• Range of tolerance• Variations in physical and chemical environment
• Limiting factor principle• Too much or too little of any physical or chemical
factor can limit or prevent growth of a population, even if all other factors are at or near the optimal range of tolerance
• Precipitation• Nutrients • Sunlight, etc
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Trout Tolerance of Temperature
Fig. 5-13, p. 113
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No Population Can Grow Indefinitely: J-Curves and S-Curves (1)
• Size of populations controlled by limiting factors:• Light• Water• Space• Nutrients• Exposure to too many competitors, predators or
infectious diseases
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No Population Can Grow Indefinitely: J-Curves and S-Curves (2)
• Environmental resistance • All factors that act to limit the growth of a population
• Carrying capacity (K)• Maximum population a given habitat can sustain
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No Population Can Grow Indefinitely: J-Curves and S-Curves (3)
• Exponential growth• Starts slowly, then accelerates to carrying capacity
when meets environmental resistance
• Logistic growth• Decreased population growth rate as population size
reaches carrying capacity
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Logistic Growth of Sheep in Tasmania
Fig. 5-15, p. 115
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Fig. 5-15, p. 115
2.0 Population overshoots carrying capacity
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Population runs out of resources and crashes
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Fig. 5-15, p. 115
2.0 Population overshoots carrying capacity
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Population runs out of resources and crashes
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Science Focus: Why Do California’s Sea Otters Face an Uncertain Future?
• Low biotic potential
• Prey for orcas
• Cat parasites
• Thorny-headed worms
• Toxic algae blooms
• PCBs and other toxins
• Oil spills
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Population Size of Southern Sea Otters Off the Coast of So. California (U.S.)
Fig. 5-B, p. 114
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Case Study: Exploding White-Tailed Deer Population in the U.S.
• 1900: deer habitat destruction and uncontrolled hunting
• 1920s–1930s: laws to protect the deer
• Current population explosion for deer• Spread Lyme disease• Deer-vehicle accidents• Eating garden plants and shrubs
• Ways to control the deer population
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Mature Male White-Tailed Deer
Fig. 5-16, p. 115
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When a Population Exceeds Its Habitat’s Carrying Capacity, Its Population Can Crash• A population exceeds the area’s carrying capacity
• Reproductive time lag may lead to overshoot• Population crash
• Damage may reduce area’s carrying capacity
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Exponential Growth, Overshoot, and Population Crash of a Reindeer
Fig. 5-17, p. 116
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Fig. 5-17, p. 116
2,000 Population overshoots carrying capacity
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Species Have Different Reproductive Patterns (1)
• Some species
• Many, usually small, offspring• Little or no parental care• Massive deaths of offspring• Insects, bacteria, algae
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Species Have Different Reproductive Patterns (2)
• Other species• Reproduce later in life• Small number of offspring with long life spans• Young offspring grow inside mother• Long time to maturity• Protected by parents, and potentially groups• Humans• Elephants
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Under Some Circumstances Population Density Affects Population Size
• Density-dependent population controls• Predation• Parasitism• Infectious disease• Competition for resources
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Several Different Types of Population Change Occur in Nature
• Stable
• Irruptive• Population surge, followed by crash
• Cyclic fluctuations, boom-and-bust cycles• Top-down population regulation• Bottom-up population regulation
• Irregular
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Population Cycles for the Snowshoe Hare and Canada Lynx
Fig. 5-18, p. 118
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Fig. 5-18, p. 118
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Humans Are Not Exempt from Nature’s Population Controls
• Ireland• Potato crop in 1845
• Bubonic plague• Fourteenth century
• AIDS• Global epidemic
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LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT 17THMILLER/SPOOLMAN
Chapter 6The Human Population and Its Impact
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6-1 How Many People Can the Earth Support?
• Concept 6-1 We do not know how long we can continue increasing the earth’s carrying capacity for humans without seriously degrading the life-support system that keeps us and many other species alive.
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Core Case Study: Slowing Population Growth in China: A Success Story
• 1.3 billion people
• Promotes one-child families• Contraception, abortion, sterilization
• Fast-growing economy
• Serious resource and environmental problems
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Crowded Street in China
Fig. 6-1, p. 125
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Human Population Growth Continues but It Is Unevenly Distributed (1)
• Reasons for human population increase• Movement into new habitats and climate zones• Early and modern agriculture methods• Control of infectious diseases through• Sanitation systems• Antibiotics• Vaccines• Health care
• Most population growth over last 100 years due to drop in death rates
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Human Population Growth Continues but It Is Unevenly Distributed (2)
• Population growth in developing countries is increasing 9 times faster than developed countries
• 2050• 95% of growth in developing countries• 7.8-10.8 billion people
• Should the optimum sustainable population be based on cultural carrying capacity?
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Human Population Growth
Fig. 1-18, p. 21
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Fig. 6-2, p. 127
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Population Time Line: 10,000 BC - 2042
Figure 3, Supplement 9
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Annual Growth Rate of World Population, 1950-2010
Fig. 6-2, p. 127
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Where Population Growth Occurred, 1950-2010
Fig. 6-3, p. 127
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Fig. 6-3, p. 127
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Five Most Populous Countries, 2010 and 2050
Fig. 6-4, p. 127
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Fig. 6-4, p. 127
2010China 1.3 billion
United States 310 million
India 1.2 billion
Indonesia 235 million
Brazil 193 million
2050India 1.7 billion
China 1.4 billion
United States 439 millionPakistan 335 million
Indonesia 309 million
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Fig. 6-A, p. 128
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Science Focus: Projecting Population Change
• Why range of 7.8-10.8 billion for 2050?
• Demographers must:1. Determine reliability of current estimates2. Make assumptions about fertility trends3. Deal with different databases and sets of
assumptions
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World Population Projections to 2050
Fig. 6-A, p. 128
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Science Focus: How Long Can The Human Population Keep Growing?
• Thomas Malthus and population growth: 1798
• Overpopulation and overconsumption
• Will technology increase human carrying capacity?
• Can the human population grow indefinitely?
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Natural Capital Degradation: Altering Nature to Meet Our Needs
Fig. 6-B, p. 129
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Fig. 6-B, p. 129
Natural Capital DegradationAltering Nature to Meet Our Needs
Reducing biodiversity
Increasing use of net primary productivity
Increasing genetic resistance in pest species and disease-causing bacteriaEliminating many natural predators
Introducing harmful species into natural communities
Using some renewable resources faster than they can be replenished
Disrupting natural chemical cycling and energy flow
Relying mostly on polluting and climate-changing fossil fuels