Chapter 53: Population Ecology I Flashcards

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Population (def.)

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Group of individuals of a single species living in the same general area (real on same resources, influenced by same environment, interact and breed with one another)

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Population dynamics (def.)

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Examine characteristics of populations and how they change over time and space

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Key characteristics of populations

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1) Dispersion

2) Density

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Population ecology (def.)

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Study of populations in relation to the environment

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Dispersion (def.)

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  • Pattern of spacing among individuals
  • Reflects environmental conditions and interactions
  • Clumped, uniform, random
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Factors that affect dispersion

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  • Food, predators, competitors, microclimate, reproduction, age/sex
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General patterns of dispersion

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  • Clumped
  • Uniform
  • Random
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Population density (def.)

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Number of individuals per unit area or volume

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Population size equation

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N = B + I - D - E

- N (population), B (births), I (immigrants), D (deaths), E (emigrants)

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Demography (def.)

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Study of vital statistics of a population and changes in these values over time

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Vital statistics (def.)

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Factors that affect present and future population size (e.g. births, deaths)

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Life table useful for population ecologist?

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  • Age-specific summary of survival pattern of population
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Survivorship curve (def.)

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  • Graphical representation of a life table; changes in survival over maximum life span
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Type I (survivorship curve)

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  • Survival is high in early/middle life; survival decreases as organism gets older
  • Elephant
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Type II (survivorship curve)

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  • Survival rate is constant over organism’s life (gophers)
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Type III (survivorship curve)

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  • Survival is low for young; mortality declines for survivors
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Reproductive table

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  • Age-specific summary of reproductive rates in a population
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Tradeoffs in patterns of reproduction?

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  • Many offspring = decreased survival probability

- Fewer offspring = increased survival probability

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Degree of parental care in relation to survival rate of parent?

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  • Survival rate decreases with more involved parenting
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Semelparity

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  • Big-bang reproduction (1x)
  • Salmon, annual plants
  • Semel: One time
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Iteroparity

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  • Produces offspring repeatedly over course of life span

- Itero: Repeated

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Growth rate + time equation

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∆N / ∆t

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Growth rate equation

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bN - mN = N(b - m)

- b (birth), m (mortality rate)

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Logistic population growth

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  • Exponential growth cannot be sustained for long in any population; population is limited by resource
  • Growth rate changes as it approaches (K-carrying capacity)
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Exponential growth
Constant rate of increase
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Density dependence
Factors where effects on size or growth of population vary with density of population itself
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Density dependent factors that influence birth and death rates?
- Competition - Territoriality - Disease (pathogens easier to spread with larger population) - Predation