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Chapters 12 and 13: population ecology Flashcards

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Population

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group of individuals from 1 species; live in 1 area at same time

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Population ecology

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study of how and why # of individuals in a population change over time
- Changes in ages of individuals in a population, male/female proportion, geographic distributon

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Demography

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study of factors that determine size and structure of population
- Ex: birth rates, immigration/emigration rates

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Population characteristics:

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natality and mortality

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Natality

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birth rate; # of individuals added through reproduction

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Mortality

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death rate; # of individuals removed through death

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Fecundity

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number of female offspring produced by each female in the population

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Immigration

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when individuals enter a population by moving from another population
- mvmnt in

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Emigration

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when individuals leave a population to join another population
- mvmnt out

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2 factors that effect population dynamics

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  1. Environmental Stress
  2. Changes in Environmental Conditions
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what factors limit population growth

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predation, nutrients, competition, space, resources
- abiotic and biotic factors

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population growth equation

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(change in population) / (change in time)

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what factors directly effect population

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size- # of organisms in population
density- # of individuals/area
dispersion- how organisms are arranged in environment
age distribution- proportion of individuals of each age

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Biotic Potential:

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aka: Inherent reproductive capacity: how many babies a female can have at once
- biotic potential is much above replacement level.
- Natural tendency for increase. No population can increase indefinitely, there are always limits!

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Intrinsic Rate of Increase (r)

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the rate at which a population would grow if it had unlimited resources
- exhibiting high rates of:
- (1) early reproductive age
- (2) short generation times (periods between successive generations)
- (3) long reproductive lives
- (4) lots of offspring

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Sex Ratio

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Relative number of males and females in a population

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Age Distribution

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Number of individuals of each age in the population.
- Greatly influences reproductive rate of a population.

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Age Distribution

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Number of individuals of each age in the population.
- Greatly influences reproductive rate of a population

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Age Distribution

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Number of individuals of each age in the population.
- Greatly influences reproductive rate of a population

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expanding age structures

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  • graph with a wide base and narrow top
  • pyramid graph
  • high pre reproductive ages, less reproductive ages, even less post reproductive ages
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stable age structures

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  • dome/hill shaped graph
  • high pre reproductive ages, high reproductive ages, even more post reproductive ages
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declining/diminishing age structures

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  • dome, restricted at bottom shaped graph
  • low pre reproductive ages, more reproductive ages, less post reproductive ages
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Lag Phase (logistical growth curve)

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First portion of the curve; slow population growth.

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Exponential Growth Phase (logistical growth curve)

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More organisms reproducing causing accelerated growth; continues as long as birth rate exceeds death rate.

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Stable Equilibrium Phase (logistical growth curve)
Death rate and birth rate equilibrate; population stops growing; achieved in logistical growth curves
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Exponential Growth
Growth at a constant rate of increase per unit time (Geometric) - distinct breeding period
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Arithmetic Growth
Growth at a constant amount per unit time.
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Exponential growth occurs when...
r does not change over time - does not depend on the number of individuals - when increases in the size of a population do not affect r, growth is density independent.
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density dependent growth
When population density—the number of individuals per unit area—gets very high, we would expect the population’s per- capita birth rate to decrease and the per-capita death rate to increase, causing r to decline.
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logistical curves have a ___, whereas exponential growth curves do not.
maximum carrying capacity
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Carrying capacity (K)
maximum number of individuals in a population that can be supported in a particular habitat over a sustained period of time.
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Environmental Resistance
Any factor (limiting factor) in the environment limiting carrying capacity.
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four main factors of environmental resistance
1. Raw material availability 2. Energy availability 3. Waste accumulation and disposal 4. Organism interaction
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density-independent controls
affects the population's size regardless of the population density (independent of # of individuals in a population) - almost always abiotic - ex: floods, fires, hurricanes, bad weather, habitat loss, pesticides
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density-dependent controls
limiting factors that are proportional with a populations density (larger population size = worsening effects) - almost always biotic - ex: competition for resources, parasitism, predation, disease
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positive density dependence
(+) population growth = (+) population density - as population grows, density grows - usually small populations
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negative density dependence
when population reaches carrying capacity; after that it exhibits negative density dependance - population grows, density decreases
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equation for time to double population (years)
70 / (population growth %) = # years
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K-strategists have fewer ___, with more ___.
- fewer babies - more parental care
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K-strategists are limited by...
density-dependent limiting factors
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factor(s) that become more severe as the population grow in size?
diseases
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R-strategists are limited by...
density independent limiting factors
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Populations size is irrelevant to the limiting factor ____.
weather conditions
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Zero Population Growth (ZPG)
When stability is reached in a population - mortality=natality - birth rate = death rate
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most populations exhibit survivorship curves that combine features of ___ and ____.
type I and type III curves
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K-strategists = type __ curve
type I
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R-strategists = type __ curve
type III
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life table
class-specific survival and fecundity data
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cohort life table
life table that follows a group of individuals born at the same time form --> death of last individual (exactly how long organisms born at 1 times are able to survive) - following age group throughout whole life
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static life table
life table that quantifies survival and fecundity of all individuals in a population during 1 time interval ("aging" dead animals) - can collect data of how old they are today - fossils (skulls, bones, etc.) - dating back organisms found
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population dynamics
changes in populations over time - patterns of population size fluctuations over time
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population fluctuations due to...
factors such as availability of resources, predation, competition, disease, parasites, and climate - Fluctuations include random and cyclic changes through time
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Cyclic populations
occur among related species and across large geographic areas
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age structure fluctuations
- if an age group contains a high or low number of individuals, the population likely experienced high birth or death rates in the past
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Overshoot
when a population grows beyond its carrying capacity - often occurs when the carrying capacity of a habitat decreases from one year to next - ex: because less resources are produced
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Die-off
a substantial decline in density that typically goes well below the carrying capacity
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Die-offs often occur when....
a population overshoots its carrying capacity
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___ populations are more vulnerable to extinction than __ populations.
- small populations > - larger populations
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stochastic model
a model that incorporates random variation in population growth rate; assumes that variation in birth and death rates is due to random chance
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deterministic model
a model that is designed to predict a result without accounting for random variation in population growth rate
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Demographic stochasticity
variation in birth rates and death rates due to random differences among individuals
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Environmental stochasticity
variation in birth rates and death rates due to random changes in the environmental conditions (ex: changes in the weather)
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Habitat fragmentation
the process of breaking up large habitats into a number of smaller habitats
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sources
high-quality patches that produce a large number of individuals that disperse to other patches
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Sinks
low-quality patches that produce few individuals and rely on dispersers to keep the sink population from going extinct
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_____ patches that are close to ____ patches are more likely to be colonized.
- unoccupied - occupied
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Rescue effect
when dispersers supplement a declining subpopulation and thereby prevent it from going extinct
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uses of meta population theory
- reintroducing species resistant to extinction
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population viability analysis (PVA)
- a model that estimates the likelihood that a population will avoid extinction for a given time period - attempts to combine basic demographic models with data on geographic structure and the rate and severity of habitat disturbance
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Basic model of metapopulations (p =)
proportion of occupied patches when colonization and extinction have reached an equilibrium
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geometric growth =
exponential growth
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logistical growth model
a growth model that describes slowing growth of populations at high densities

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