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1
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population

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a group of individuals of the same species living and interacting in a particular geographic area

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2
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population ecology…

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examines factors that LIMIT and REGULATE population size and composition

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community

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all the individuals of all species that inhabit a geographic area

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community ecology…

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examines the INTERACTIONS AMONG POPULATIONS and sees how factors such as predation, disease and environmental factors affect COMMUNITY STRUCTURE and ORGANISATION

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5
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6 key processes that drive distribution and abundance

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  1. Births
  2. Deaths
  3. Immigration
  4. Emigration
  5. Colonisation
  6. Extinction
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6
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unitary organisms

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  • easy to recognise genetically separate individuals

- their form is determined from birth/determinate

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modular organisms

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  • genetic individual (genet) starts life as a single zygote
  • growth occurs by the repeated production of modules
  • growth is intermediate
  • structure and programme of development is not predictable
  • individual genet is not dead until all modules are dead
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2 key reproductive patterns

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  1. Semelparity

2. Iteroparitary

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Semelparity

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  • big bang reproduction

- large numbers of offspring are produced in on life event, then the organism dies

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Iteroparitary

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  • produce several offspring during repeated reproductive episodes
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generation time =

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average time between birth of the individuals and the birth of their offspring - age at which members of the cohort are expected to reproduce

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generation time equation

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XIxMx/R0
XIxMx = sum of age ‘weighted’ reproduction
R0 (Ix*Mx)= average number of offspring produced

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13
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Px

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survivorship of age x females to age x+1

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14
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birth pulse

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Px*Mx+1

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15
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pre-breeding

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Fx = P0*Mx
P0= those surviving to age 1
Mx = making babies now
everyone counted just before next baby making time
every baby that survives to 1 is counted - no newborns

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16
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population growth can be increased by:

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  • increased reproduction
  • increased survival
  • decreased generation time
17
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exponential

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describes an idealised population in an unlimited environment

18
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exponential population growth

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  • no limit on available energy resources
  • no restriction on growth or reproduction
  • a population of a few individuals
  • in an environment with no limiting factors
19
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notation

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dN/dt = bN - dN
dN/dt = change in population/ per change in time
bN = per capita birth rate times population size (N)
dN = per capita death rate times population size (N)
20
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R =

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the intrinsic rate of increase

21
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K =

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carrying capacity - energy/resource limitation is the most common determinate of K; k= equilibrium where births = deaths

22
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3 rules of population limitation

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rule 1 - the carrying capacity of a habitat is the maximum stable population size that can be supported over a long period of time
rule 2 - as density increases, per capita resource declines
rule 3 - as density increases and capita resource declines, births decrease and deaths increase

23
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competitive exclusion principle -Gause

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  • no 2 species can share the same resource
  • no 2 species can occupy the same niche
  • 2 species cannot coexist when they identical needs of the same limiting resource
24
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exploitation

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depleting resources

25
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pre-emptive

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using space (deleting space)

26
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overgrowth

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species growing over another and depriving the other of light

27
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chemical

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production of toxins

28
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territorial

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behaviour of fighting in defence of space

29
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encounter

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transient (short term) interactions directly over a specific resource

30
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importance of predation:

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ecology - structure and dynamics of communities
evolution - morphology, physiology, behaviour
agriculture - pest control
conservation - predator controls vs reintroductions
biodiversity- richness, evenness, diversity, gradients

31
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tangent

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maximises the ratio between resource intake and time spent traveling and foraging

32
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diet breadth predicted by:

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  • energy (E)
  • handling time (h)
  • encounter rates (funny triangle symbol)
33
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vertical transmission

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transmission between generations from parent to offspring

34
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horizontal transmission

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transmission within one generation between unrelated individuals

35
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horizontal transmission methods:

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sexual 
waterborne transmission e.g. cholera
soil borne- with or without long-lived resting stages
vector transmission e.g. malaria
aerially transmitted e.g. common cold

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