Intraspecific competition

Question 1

What is intraspecific competition?

Answer 1

Competition within a species brought about by a shared requirement for limiting resources. Competition acts in a density dependent manner

Question 2

How do you calculate per capita growth rate?

Answer 2

(dN/dt)/N

Question 3

What is the logistic growth equation?
As N tends to 0, what happens?
As N tends to K, what happens?

Answer 3

(dN/dt)/N = r(1-N/K)
N/K becomes very small
N/K tends to one

Question 4

What is scramble competition?

Answer 4

All the individuals have the same chance of gaining resources

Question 5

What is contest competiton?

Answer 5

There is unequal access to resources in a population

Question 6

Which is more stabilising, scramble or contest?

Answer 6

Contest

Question 7

What is compensation?

Answer 7

How populations respond when nearing carrying capacity

Question 8

What is the main limiting factor of territorial species?

Answer 8

The availability of territories