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Chapter 53 Flashcards

1
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_________________ focuses on population dynamics

  • life history strategies
  • population dispersions patterns
  • population size
  • population growth
  • population structure
A

population ecology

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an organ’s life history is the sequence of events relating to its _____________________________________

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birth, growth, developement, reproduction, death

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a ____________________ is the overall pattern of life history events exhibited by all individual organisms within the species

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species life history strategy

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______________________ shape and contrain life history. they occurs as a result of limited energy

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trade offs

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ecology is ____________________ the interactions between organisms and their enviroments

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defined

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evolution is __________________ the interactions between organisms and their enviroments

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driven

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charles darwin was a ____________

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ecologist

termed a naturalist during darwins time

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there is a large range of ___________________ in all organisms

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body sizes

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mammals range from the _________________ to ___________

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pygmy shrew

blue whales

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10
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large animals tolerate _______ enviroments best while small animals tolerate _________ enviroments best

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cold

warm

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____________________ to reproduction takes resources away from growth maintenance and defense

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allocating resources

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12
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the cost of reproduction is therefore reduced to

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survival, growth, and future reproduction

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_____________ species reproduce at a very early age ex-mayflies

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precocial

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14
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____________ species reproduce at a later age ex-humans

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atrical

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________________ species reproduce one time only. They invest too many resources in reproduction to be able to survive afterwards. ex-salmon, annual plants

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semelparous

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________________ organisms increase their fitness quickly in the population but decrease their survival and future reproduction

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precocial

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____________ species reproduce several times. They produce offspring without completely depleting their resources. Most trees, birds, and mammals

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iteroparous

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18
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____________ organisms increase their fitness by reproducing more frequently

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iteroparous

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_____________ organisms increase their fitness by saving their resources over time and producing the highest quality offspring all at once

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semelparous

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an organisms energy investment in its offspring can be measured by the size of the __________

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offspring

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the larger an organism energy investment in each individual offspring the _______________ offspring it can produce

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fewer

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energy investment can also be measure by the _________________________

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amount of parental care provided

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23
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organisms that provide parental care increase the ________________________. However they produce far _____________ offspring

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chances of their offspring surviving

fewer

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_________________ is complete change in the body plan of an organism during its lifetime

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metamorphosis

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advantage of metamorphasis:
using different food sources and exploiting different habitats minimizes ___________________ between the young and adults of a species

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competition

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advantage of metamorphasis:

larval forms are usually small and excellent at _____________ to colonize new habitats

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dispersing

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disadvantage of metamorphasis

it is a comple genetic task to reorganize an organisms entire body plan _______________________

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energetically costly

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28
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__________ are resistant or inactive stages during periodic unfavorable conditions

  • ______________ in animals.
  • dormany in plants
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resting stages

torpor, hibernation, diapuse

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29
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there is a large range of life spans in all organism shorter life spans means _______________________

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earlier mortality, shorter generation times

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30
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natural selection acts faster to more quickly _____________ these short lived organisms to their enviroment

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adapt

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31
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r selected strategies 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ size
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ maturity 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ reproduction 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ offspring
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ parental care
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ generation times
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ life span 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ mortality 
habitats that are \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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small 
early 
many/ small 
little
short 
short 
early 
frequently disterbed
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k selected strategies 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ size
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ maturity 
reproduction \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ offspring
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ parental care
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ generation times
\_\_\_\_\_ life span 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ mortality 
habitats \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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large 
late
few
much
long
long
late
stable and predictable
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r selected species are

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  • most insects
  • small vertebrates
  • annual plants
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k selelected species

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  • large mammals
  • large reptiles
  • large trees
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35
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three ways that individuals can spread out within a population

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  • random
  • clumped
  • regular
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36
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________ the expected dispersion patter in absense of any biological interactions. _____________ tree species in tropical rainforest

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random

very rare

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37
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____________________ the most common dispersion pattern

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clumped

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38
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3 causes for clumped dispersion pattern

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  • favorable habitate
  • reproduction
  • defense
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39
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__________ is the resources are clummped the organism will be too

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favorable habitat

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40
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__________ and other social behaviors

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reproduction

41
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_________________ like in schooling fish

42
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______________ not as common as clumped but much more common than random. results from _____________ for resources and _______ in birds

A

regular competition territority

43
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complete counts of individuals is impossible methods for estimating population sizes involve ___________ from population and extrapolating to actual size

44
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sampling methods for ___________ organims most frequently involve plots and line transects

45
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sampling methods for _______________ organism include trapping and spotting and listening or looking for evidence

46
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______ is the variable for the number of captured and marked during capture 1

47
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______________ toatl # of individuals in the population

48
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__________ the # recapture at time 2

49
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________ the total # captured at time 2

50
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__________ is the proportion of individuals in the population that were marked at time 1

51
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______________ is the proportion of marked recaptured individuals in the sample at time 2

52
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important equation

53
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estimate population
m=948
c=421
R=167

A

n=2389.868

54
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variable for growth rate

55
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the population size will change over time due to the number of births and death this is called ____________________

56
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_________________; the number of births is equal to the population birth rate times the number of individuals in the population

57
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__________________: the number of deaths is equal to the populations death rate times the number of individuals in the population

A

bn-dn=(b-d)n

58
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a populations ______________ is equal to a populations birth rate minus its death rate

59
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when growth rate is greater than zero, the birth rate exceeds death rate and the poulation ____________ in size

60
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as the population size increases the growth rate also increases. This produces the ___________________ characteristic of expontential population growth

A

J shaped curve

61
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__________ can grow exponentially forever

A

no population

62
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___________________ will causes the population size to level off and stabilize at a particular number called the ___________________

A

carrying capacity

63
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the carrying capacity is the number of individuals in a population that an enviroment can support with its _____________________

A

limited resources

64
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carrying capacity must be incorporated into the population growth equation ________________________

A

limited resources

65
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when N is small, the term (1-NK) is close to ______ and the population essentially

66
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when N reaches carrying capacity the term (1-nk) becomes ________ and the population stops growing

67
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incorporating carrying capacity leads to the ______________ characteristic of logistic population growth

A

S shaped curve

68
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logistic growth is much more _________ than exponential growth

69
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logisticc growwth reflects ____________ and other density dependent factors

A

density dependent and limitting factors

70
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_______ signifies that these populations are always in beginning exponential growth portion of the logistic curve

A

r selected species

71
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____________________ signifies that these populations are always near the carrying capacity of the logistic curve

A

k selected species

72
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exponential and logistic growth equations assum all individuals within a population have ______________________

A

same birth and death rates

73
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young individuals habe birth rates ____

very old individuals have ______ death rates

74
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population growth models can be made more realistic by incoporating __________________

A

age and structure

75
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_______ is the time interval corresponding to a particular age

76
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___________ the number of individuals survivng age x

77
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sx- _____________ the probability that an individual of age x will survive to age x+1

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age specific survival rate

78
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lx-________________ the proportion of individuals that survive from birth to age x

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survivorship

79
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fx= ________________ - the average number of offspring produced by individuals of age x

80
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3 applications of life tables

A
  • survivorship curves
  • net reproductive rate
  • life cycle graphs and transition matrices
81
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____________ shows the proportion of total individuals that survives to each age

A

survivorship

82
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_____________ are constructued by plotting age on the x axis against the number of survivors on the y axis

A

survivorship curves

83
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_____________survivorship curves seen in nature

84
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_______________ most indivudals survive to old age and mortality occurs late in life

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type 1 survivorship

85
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______________ individuals die at high rates when young but those that reach adulthood persist.

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type 3 survivorship

86
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______________ the chance of survivng or dying remains constant throughout life history of organism

A

type 2 survivorship

87
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type 1 survivorship is common in

A

k selected species

88
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type 3 survivorship is common in

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R selected species

89
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type 2 survivorship is common in

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intermediate in the r-k continuum

90
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_____________ represents the average number of offspring produced by an individual within a population throughout its lifetime

A

net reproductive rate

91
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multiply survivorhsip by _____________ for each age then sum across all ages

92
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Ro measures growth or decline a population from one generation to the next

A

net reproductive rate

93
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____________ display ages, survival rates from one age to next and fecundities

A

life cycle graphs

94
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transition matrices contain the same information but can also be used to ________ the size of the population and its age structure into the future

95
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______________:

  • columns indicate age at the present time t
  • rows indicate ages at the next time t+1
A

transition matrix

96
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___________________ occurs after a few time periods, the proportion of individuals of each age will stabilize from one year to the next

A

stage age distribution

97
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the total number of individuals will ____________________ over time

A

decrease or increase

98
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life cycle graphs and transition matrices are utilized by ecologists to

A
  • protect endangered species
  • control pest species
  • determine stable harvestable species

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