Chapter 53

Question 1

Population density

Answer 1

Is the number of individuals of a species per unit area a species per unit area or volume

Question 2

The dispersion pattern

Answer 2

Clumped: individuals are grouped in patches
1. Resources are clumped
2. Safety in numbers
3. Cooperative hunting I Social structures
Uniform: individual are equally spaced in environment resource partitioning
Random

Question 3

Life tables

Answer 3

Track survivorship over the life span of individuals In a population or a cohort

Question 4

Survivorship curves

Answer 4

Plot the proportion of individuals alive at each age these curves do not change for a species / there are three types

Question 5

Exponential growth models

Question 6

Intraspecific competition

Question 7

Density independent factors

Answer 7

Caused by:
Natural disasters
Human infrastructures
Pollution
Oil spills

Question 8

Demographic transition

Question 9

Age structure

Answer 9

Has three age groupings
• pre reproduce - 0-14
• reproductive - 14-44
• Post reproductive - 44+

Question 10

Age structure

Question 11

Ecological footprint

Answer 11

Is an estimated of the amount of land required to provide the raw materials