Survivorship and Growth
This group of animals exhibits a Type II survivorship curve.
What are squirrels?
This is what the carrying capacity (K) represents in a population.
What is the maximum population size an environment can sustain?
This type of symbiotic relationship benefits both species involved.
What is mutualism?
This is the term for the non-living components of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, temperature, and soil.
What are abiotic factors?
The growth pattern where an organism continues growing after reproduction begins.
What is compensatory growth?
When K is surpassed, this happens to the population.
What is a massive die-off?
In this relationship, one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed
What is commensalism?
A biome characterized by cold temperatures, low precipitation, and permafrost is known as this
What is the tundra?
This group has the longest onset of maturity.
What are reptiles?
In the Hardy-Weinberg equation, q² represents this
What is the frequency of homozygous recessive individuals?
Mycorrhizae are a classic example of this type of symbiosis between fungi and plant roots.
What is mutualism?
This term describes a group of organisms of the same species living in a specific area
What is a population?
This term defines a survivorship curve typical for humans and other large mammals
What is Type I survivorship?
This type of growth occurs when a population increases by a constant percentage each year, often seen in ideal conditions
What is exponential growth?
The wasp species that lays its eggs inside caterpillars, with the larvae eventually killing the host, exhibits this relationship.
What is parasitism?
The introduction of non-native species that disrupt ecosystems is referred to as this.
What are invasive species?
Aestivation is defined as shutting down metabolic processes during these conditions
What are hot and dry conditions?
When population size fluctuates around the carrying capacity due to environmental resistance, it is called this.
What is logistic growth?
The relationship where one species mimics the appearance of another dangerous or unpalatable species for protection is known as this.
What is Batesian mimicry?
This term describes a species that has a disproportionately large impact on its ecosystem relative to its abundance.
What is a keystone species?