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Chapter 36: Population Ecology
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Population density
• The # of individuals of a species per unit area or volume
• Dispersion pattern: the way individuals are spaced within an area
• 1. clumped dispersion: grouped in patches
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Dispersion patterns
Uniform dispersion: distributed evenlyRandom distribution: spaced unpredictably
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Life Tables
• Track survivorship• Survivorship curves:
plot survivorship as a proportion of individuals from an initial population that are alive at each age
• 3 types: I, II, and III
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Exponential Growth model
• An idealized picture of unregulated population growth- a J curve
• G=rN– G- growth rate– R-the max capacity of
members of that population to reproduce
– N-population size
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Logistic growth model
• Description of idealized population growth that is slowed by limiting factors as population size increases- S shaped curve
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Carry capacity
• Maximum population size that an environment can sustain
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Density dependent
• Population growth decreases as density increases
• Competition• Availability of space• Predation• Weather• Environmental factors
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Boom and Bust
• Boom: rapid exponential growth
• Bust: population falls back to normal levels
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Sustainable Resource Management
• Harvest crops without damaging the resource
• Maximum sustained yield: harvesting should be done at a level that produces a consistent yield without forcing a population decline
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Demographic Transition
• A shift from 0 population growth where birth and death are = to 0 population growth where there is are low birth and death
• Age structure: # of individuals in different age groups
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Ecological footprint
• An estimate of the amount of land required to provide the raw materials an individual or nation consumes