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Chapter 4: Populations and Communities Flashcards

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Population

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Members of the same species that live in the same area

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Community

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Different species that all live in the same area

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Population growth

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A change in populaion size

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Equilibrium

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(births + immigration) = (deaths + emigration)

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Population Growth Rate

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Amount the population has changed divided by the time it had to change

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Exponential Growth

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Growth at a constant rate of increase

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Population Explosion

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Results from exponential growth

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J-curve

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the curve of exponential growth

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Logistic Growth

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Some process slows growth so it levels off near carrying capacity

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Carrying Capacity (K)

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the maximum population of a species a habitat can support without being ruined

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S-curve

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Results from logistic growth

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Biotic potential

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The number of offspring produced under ideal conditions

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Environmental Resistance

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The biotic and abiotic factors that limit a population’s increase

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K-strategists

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Lower biotic potential

  1. care for and protect young
  2. live in stable environment
  3. larger, longer lived, well-adapted to normal environmental fluctuations
  4. populations fluctuate around carrying capacity
  5. equilibrian species
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R-strategists

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Produce lots of young, but leave their survival to nature

  1. low recruitment
  2. rapid reproduction/movement/life span
  3. adapted to changing environment
  4. “boom-and-bust”
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3 Survivorship curves

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Type 1 Survivorship: low mortality in early life
Type 2 Survivorship: Intermediate survivorship pattern
Type 3 Survivorship: many offspring that die young

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Population Density

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Number of individuals per area

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Density-Dependent Factor

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Increases with increased population density

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Density-Independent Factor

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Its effects are independent of the density of the population

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Top-Down Regulation

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Control of a population

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Bottom-Up Regulaion

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Control of a population occurs as a result of scarcity of a resource

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Critical Number

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the minimum population base allowing the survival and recovery of a population

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Threatened Species

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populations are declining rapidly

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Endangered Species

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Populations are near critical number

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Predator

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The organism that does the feeding

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Prey

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the organism that is fed upon

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Parasite

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An organism that feeds on its “prey,” usually without killing it

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Host

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The organism that is being fed upon

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Herbivory

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Eating plants

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Keystone Species

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Play a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem biotic structure

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Intraspecific Competition

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Competition between members of the same species for resources

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Territory

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An area defended by an individual or group

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Territoriality

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Reduces intraspecific fighting, which ensures adequate resources for some

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Interspecific competition

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Fighting between different species in the same area

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Competitive Exclusion Principle

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Species can’t survive if they compete directly in many respects

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Resource Partitioning

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The dividion of a resource and specialization in different parts of it

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Mutualism

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Both species benefit

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Commensalism

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one species benefits but the other is unaffected

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Amensalism

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One species is harmed while the other in unaffected

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Symbiosis

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A relationship between two organisms

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Selective Pressures

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Environmental resistance factors that affect survival and reproduction

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Natural Selection

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The process of specific traits favoring survival of certain individuals

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Biological Evolution

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Modification of the gene pool of a species by natural selection over generations

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Fitness

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An individual’s average contribution to the gene pool of the next generation

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Reproduction Isolation

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The original populations separate into two populations

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Plate Tectonics

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Populations becaome isolated through the slow movement of Earth’s continents

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Tectonic Plates

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Huge slabs of rock in the Earth’s crust that float on an elastic layer beneath them

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