Chapter 14.4 Flashcards

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Increase the number of individuals Ina population

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Birth

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Is the movement of individuals into a population from another population

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Immigration

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Is the movement of individuals out of a population and into another population

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Emigration

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Is the size of a population decreases when individuals die

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Deaths

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Occurs when a population size increase dramatically over a period of time

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Exponential growth

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Is a slow growth followed by a brief period of exponential growth before leveling off at a stable size

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Logistic growth

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Of an environment is the maximum number of individuals of a partic ular
Species that the environment can normally and consistently support

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Carrying capacity

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Is a dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short period of time

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Population crash

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The factor that has the greatest effect in keeping down the size of population

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Limiting factor

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Are limiting factors that are affected by the number of individuals Ina given area .

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Density dependent limiting factors

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Are the aspects of the environment that limit a populations growth regardless of the density of the population

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Density independent limiting factors

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