name a limited resource that determines the carrying capacity of an ecosystem
What is food, water, territory- space, mates, etc ?
relationship where one organism feeds- and kills- another organism
What is predation?
Predators can help a prey population by doing this:
What is kill the weak/sick/old members of prey population
OR
Keep the prey population from going above carrying capacity
Name two factors that make a population increase
What is birth and immigration ?
These 2 factors would cause a population to decrease
What is death and emigration ?
What are the three types of population dispersion- how individuals are arranged in space
What is random, clumped, and even?
What would reduce a population's reproductive potential? A. increase number of survivors B. decrease number of predators C. increase number of descendants D. decrease number of offspring
What is D.