1
Q
What is a population?
A
A group of organisms living in the same place at a given time
2
Q
What features of a population can we look at?
A
size, range, density
important factors - rates of reproduction, death, migration
3
Q
What is a semelparous life cycle?
A
annual, overlapping
eg insects reproduce once then die
cohort life table
4
Q
What is an iteroparous life cycle?
A
continuous, overlapping
eg trees reproduce many times
static life table
Animal and Plant Biology (part 2)
flashcards
Decks in class (24)
# Cards
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lecture 18 - muscles and skeletons10
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lecture 19 - respiration and gas exchange13
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lecture 20 - circulation and body fluids7
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lecture 23 - body temperature and thermoregulation16
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lecture 24 - osmoregulation11
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lecture 21- animal nutrition and digestion14
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lecture 22 - energy budgets and metabolism9
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lecture 25 - control of energy balance6
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lecture 26 - animal reproduction11
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lecture 27 - human reproduction and development16
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lecture 29 - introduction to animal behaviour11
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lecture 30 - learning, navigation and rhythms10
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lecture 31 - communication and sexual selection9
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lecture 32 - adaptation and social behaviour8
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lecture 33 - signpost lecture: animal physiology to ecology0
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lecture 34 - population ecology4
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lecture 35 - population growth0
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lecture 36 - population regulation2
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lecture 37 - island biogeography6
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lecture 39 - niches and interactions28
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lecture 40 - communities and succession11
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lecture 41 - ecosystems, biomes and diversity19
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lecture 42 - the carbon cycle0
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lecture 43 - mineral and water cycles and human impacts0
