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Chp. 53 Population Ecology Flashcards

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What does population ecology explore?

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Explores how biotic and abiotic factors influence density, distribution, size, and age structure of populations.

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What is a population?

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Group of individuals of a single species living in the same general area

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What 2 things describe a population?

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  • Boundaries
  • Size
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What is density?

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The number of individuals per unit area or volume

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What is dispersion?

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Pattern of spacing among individuals within the boundaries of the population

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What are the 3 sampling techniques that can be used to determine population size?

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  1. Extrapolation from small samples
  2. Index of population size (ex. number of nests)
  3. Mark-recapture method
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What are the steps of using the Mark-recapture method?

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  1. Scientists capture, tag, and release a random sample of individuals (s) in a population
  2. Marked individuals are given time to mix back into the population
  3. Scientists capture a second sample of individuals (n), and note how many of them are marked (x)
  4. Population size (N) is estimated by N = sn/x
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What is immigration?

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Influx of new individuals from other areas

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What is emigration?

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Movement of individuals out of a population

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What two things add individuals to a population?

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  1. births
    2, immigration
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What two things will remove individuals from a population?

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  1. Death
  2. Emigration
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What two things does clumped dispersion depend on?

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  1. resource availability
  2. behavior
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What happens in a clumped dispersion?

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Individuals aggregate in patches

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What are the 3 patterns of dispersion?

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  1. Clumped
  2. Uniform
  3. Random
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What is territoriality?

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Defense of a bounded space against other individuals

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What happens in a random dispersion?

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The position of each individual is independent of other individuals

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What happens in uniform dispersion?

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Individuals are evenly distributed

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What is demography?

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Study of the vital statistics of a population and how they change over time

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What is a life-table?

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Age-specific summary of the survival pattern of a population

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What is a cohort?

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A group of individuals of the same age

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What is a survivorship curve?

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A graphic way of representing the data in a life table

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What is type 1 survivorship curve?

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Low death rates during early and middle life and an increase in death rates among older age groups

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What is type 2 survivorship curve?

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A constant death rate over the organism’s life span

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What is type 3 survivorship curve?

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High death rates for the young and a lower death rate for survivors

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What is a reproductive table/fertility schedule?

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An age-specific summary of the reproductive rates in a population

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What does the exponential model describe?

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Describes population growth in an idealized, unlimited environment

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What is the formula of the change in population size?

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Change in population size = births + immigrants - Death + emigrants

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What is the population growth rate formula?

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delta N /delta t = B - D

  • delta N = change in population size
  • delta t = time interval

*B = number of births, D = number of deaths

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How to calculate birth?

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B = bN

b = annual per capita birth rate, N = population size

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How to calculate death rate?

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D = mN

m = per capita death rate, N = population size

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What is the zero population growth (ZPG)?

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Occurs when the birth rate equals death rate

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What is the exponential population growth?

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Population increase under idealized conditions?

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What type of curve does the exponential population growth result in?

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J-shaped curve

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What is the carrying capacity (K)?

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The maximum population size the environment can support

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What does the logistic population growth model show?

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Shows that the per capita rate of increase declines as carrying capacity is reached

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What does capital N refers to?

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Population size

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What does the lower case r refer to?

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per capita rate of increase

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What happens when N is small compared to K?

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term (K–N)/K is close to 1 and the per capita rate of increase approaches the maximum

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What happens when N is large compared to K?

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term (K–N)/K is close to 0 and the per capita rate of increase is small

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What happens when N equals to K?

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Population stops growing

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What happens when the N approaches K in a logistic growth model?

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Population growth rate decreases

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What shape does the logistic growth model show?

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Sigmoid (s-shaped) curve

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What is the Allee effect of a population?

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Individuals have a more difficult time surviving or reproducing if the population size is too small

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What does an organism’s life history comprise of?

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Comprises of traits that affect its schedule of reproduction and survival

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What are the 3 main variables of life history?

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  1. The age at which reproduction begins
  2. How often the organism reproduces
  3. How many offspring are produced per reproductive episode
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What is semelparity?

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Big-bang reproduction, species reproduce once and die

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What is iteroparity?

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Repeated reproduction, species reproduce offspring repeatedly

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Which environments prefer semelparity and iteroparity?

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Semelparity: highly variable or unpredictable environments

Iteroparity: Dependable environments

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What is K-selection?

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Density-dependent selection, selects for life history traits that are sensitive to population density

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What is r-selection?

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Density-independent selection, selects for life history traits that maximize reproduction

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What are the 2 general questions about regulation of population growth?

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  1. What environmental factors stop a population from growing indefinitely?
  2. Why do some populations show radical fluctuations in size over time, while others remain stable?
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What happens in density-independent populations?

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Birth and death rate don’t change with population density

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What happens in density-dependent populations?

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Birth rates fall and death rates rise with population density

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What kind of feedback are density-dependent birth and death rates

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negative feedback

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What happens in crowded populations?

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Increasing population density intensifies competition for resources and results in a lower birth rate

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What are the 6 mechanisms of density-dependent regulation?

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  • competition for resources
  • disease
  • predation
  • territoriality
  • intrinsic factors
  • toxic wastes
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What is the study of population dynamics?

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Focuses on the complex interactions between biotic and abiotic factors that cause variation in population size

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What is metapopulations?

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Groups of populations linked by immigration and emigration

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How to maintain population stability for humans?

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Via zero population growth =

high birth rate - high death rate

or

low birth rate - low death rate

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What is the demographic transition?

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Move from the first state to the second state

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What is age structure?

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The relative number of individuals at each age

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What is the ecological footprint concept?

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Concept that summarize the aggregate land and water area needed to sustain the people of a nation

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What does r(inst) refer to?

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Refers to the instantaneous per capita rate of increase

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