The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and their physical environment.
What is Ecology?
_________ describes the location and spacing of individuals within their habitat or range.
What is population dispersion?
All of the living, once living and made by living things in an environment.
What are biotic factors?
A series of more-or-less predictable events that occur in a community over time
What is ecological succession?
This type of growth is indicated by a "J-shaped" curve.
What is exponential growth?
The first species to colonize barren areas.
What is pioneer species?
The _______________ is the population size that a particular environment can support indefinitely without long-term damage to the environment.
What is carrying capacity?
This represents....
What is positive feedback / a positive feedback loop?
This represents which type of feedback loop?
What is negative feedback?
Succession that occurs when a disturbance affects an existing community but doesn’t completely destroy it
What is secondary succession?
All the living organisms that coexist in a certain area.
What is a community?
In a 4 km squared area there are 20 deer. What is the density of the deer population?
What is 5 deer per km?
A specific, uniform, and stable community at the “end” of succession
What is climax community?
There are some factors that impact a population regardless of the population size. These are known as _______________
What are density independent factors?
The amount by which a population’s size changes over time.
What is population growth rate?
A population of 200 bison are introduced to an area in 2019. You come back in 2020 to count the population and have found that 17 individuals immigrated, 26 individuals emigrated, 14 individuals died and 18 individuals were born. What is the population growth rate in %?
What is -2.5%?