Lecture 1

Question 1

What is population Ecology?

Answer 1

A sub-field of ecology that deals with population dynamics or demographics. how they change over time, across sites, and response to environmental factors

Question 2

What is demography?

Answer 2

The study of the size, structure and distribution of populations. birth rates, death rates, immigration and emigration

Question 3

What is population structure?

Answer 3

Ways in which a population can be divided into sub-populations, mostly sex and age

Question 4

What is community ecology?

Answer 4

sub field of ecology that deals with interactions between species that co-occur in time and space. coexisting populations and thier biological interactions.
Competition, predation, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, ammensalism

Question 5

What is commensalism?

Answer 5

When 1 species benefits and the other is relatively unaffected

Question 6

What is ammensalism?

Answer 6

! species is not affected (doesnt benefit) and one species is negatively affected