Chapter 10 - Population Growth and Regulation Flashcards

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Provides a summary of how survival and reproductive rates vary with the organism’s age.

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Life Table

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Components of a Life Table

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Nx = number of individuals alive at a given age x (or age range) within a span of time.

Sx = survival rate. Chance that an individual will survive to the next age (x + 1).

lx = survivorship. Proportion of individuals that survive from birth (age 0) to age x.

Fx = fecundity. Number of offspring produced by a female at age x.

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Records the fate of a group that was born at the same time and is observed from birth to death usually for observing shorter life spans

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Cohort Life table

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Analyzes the fate of a group from estimated ages or an already existing record of a particular period or time usually for observing loner life spans

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Static Life Table

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Uses lx (Survivorship) to plot the number of individuals in a hypothetical cohort (transformed to 1000 individuals) that will survive to reach different ages. Varies among species and may also vary in interspecies populations or among cohorts .

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Survivorship curve

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Three types of survivorship curves

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Type I - Death rate increases as they reach old age

Type II - Near-constant trend, almost linear

Type III - High death rate among young with few survivors

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The category or specified age range, where everyone in a population may belong to

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Age class

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8
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Summary of proportion of the population that belong to a set of age ranges

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Age structure

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9
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How to calculate predicted no. of individuals surviving to the next period (ex. breeding cycle seasons)

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Predicted no. of individuals surviving to the next period = nx * Sx

Where: nx = no. of individuals in an age class
Sx = survival rate of the age class.

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10
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How to calculate the number of newborns the survivors will produce in the next period. (applies to fertile age range with recorded offspring).

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= (average # of offspring of an age range * # of individuals of that age range)+…

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11
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The ratio of the population in one time point and the previous. “How fast did the population increase/decrease within that time span.

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Population Growth Rate

Population growth rate (λ) = Nt+1 / Nt

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12
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Populations grow at fixed rates when?

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Age-specific birth and death rates are constant over time

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13
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The point when the age structure of a population does not increase nor decrease from one time point to another.

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Stable age distribution

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14
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T/F Populations can grow indefinitely exponentially when conditions are favorable.

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Populations can grow exponentially when conditions are favorable. But not indefinitely.

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15
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Two related patterns of population growth, helping in rapid increase of population size:

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Geometric growth
Exponential growth

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16
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Population grow geometrically when?

This applies to organisms that have a synchronous reproductive time

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Reproduction occurs at regular time intervals

17
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Refers to the regular intervals of reproduction

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Discrete time period

18
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This growth is characterized when population changes in size by a constant proportion from one discrete time period to another

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Geometric Growth

19
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Population with continuous reproduction changes in size by a constant proportion in each instant in time, J-shaped curve

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Exponential Growth

20
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Formula to find the population size at t generations for geometric growth

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Nt= λ^t / N0

Where Nt is the population size after t generations
N0 is the Initial Population size
And λ is the geometric growth/ratio

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How to solve for population size at each instant of time for Exponential growth

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dN/dT = rN
N(t) = N(0)e^(rt)

where:
N(t) is the population at time t
N(0) is the starting population
dN/dT is the rate of change in population size
r = constant rate of increase
N = Current population size
e = Euler’s Number = 2.718

22
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Number of years a population will take to double in size

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Doubling time (td) = ln(2)/r

where R is the exponential growth rate

23
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Mean number of offspring produced by an individual during its lifetime.

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Net Reproductive Rate (R0)

= summation of (lx * Fx) from x_first to x_last

where
x = age
xfirst = age of first reproduction
xlast = age of last reproduction
lx = survivorship
Fx = fecundity

24
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Cause birth rates, death rates, or dispersal rates to change as the population density changes

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Density Dependent Factors

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Occurs when one or more density-dependent factors cause population size to increase when numbers are low and decrease when numbers are high
Population Regulation
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Pattern in which abundance increases rapidly at first and then stabilizes at the carrying capacity; s-shaped curve
Logistic Growth
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The total area of productive ecosystems required to support a population
Ecological footprint