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Population Distribution
Population Density
100
non-living factor
What is abotic
100
living factor
What is biotic
100
Graph that is indicative of K strategist population growth
What is logistic growth
100
Patterns of spatial arrangement of individuals in a local population.
What is distribution patterns
100
Density is determined by __________________
What is limiting factors
200
Has few birth but takes care of its young, lives a long life
What is a k-strategist
200
Has many offspring, short life expectancy and few survive to adulthood.
What is a r-strategist
200
Graph that is indicative of r-selective population growth
What is exponential growth
200
Population Examples are Deer and Rabbits. No even distribution bit not closely grouped
What is random distribution
200
Unusual weather (Heat wave, cold snap, etc.) Natural disasters (floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes) Seasonal weather changes Human intervention (damming a river, clear cutting forests, etc.)
What is Density Independent Limiting Factor
300
A group of individuals of a single species inhabiting a specific area.
What is a population
300
The number of individuals in a population per unit area.
What is density
300
The maximal amount of individuals a population or environment can support
What is the carrying capacity
300
Population Examples are Grass and Trees. Has even distribution
What is uniform distribution
300
Competition (Food, sunlight, water, mates, space, etc.) Predation Parasites and Disease
What is Density Dependent Limiting Factors
400
Abiotic factors in the environment such as floods and extreme temperature. Their effects on populations may be ___________ of population density.
What is a Density Independent Limiting Factor
400
Biotic factors in the environment such as disease and competition. Their effects on populations may be related to, or _______________ on, local population density.
What is a Density Dependent Limiting Factor
400
A graphical summary of patterns of survival in a population.
What is a survivability curve
400
Population Examples are Humans and Elephants. No even distribution, but very closely grouped
What is Clumped with random grouping
400
___________ are evaluated based on age, structure, distribution, and density. They can be affected by birth and death rates, natural disasters, and resource availability
What are populations
500
A J-shaped curve indicative of the _____________ growth of a population.
What is Exponential Growth Curve
500
An S-shaped curve indicative of a ______________ pattern of growth that levels off at the carrying capacity.
What is a Logistic Growth Curve
500
A diagram (or histogram) which shows the distribution of individuals among age groups within a population.
What is an Age Structure Graph
500
This is natural resource that causes human and animal populations to become clumped with random grouping?
What is water or rivers
500
The two types of ways to estimate a population
What are sampling and mark and recapture