Population Dynamics

Question 1

Concerned with the factors influencing the expansion, decline, or maintenance of populations

Answer 1

Population Dynamics

Question 2

What organism was used to study population dynamics?

Answer 2

Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee

Question 3

An important aspect of population dynamics that can increase or decrease local population densities

Answer 3

Dispersal

Question 4

What organism was used to study dispersal?

Answer 4

Eurasian Collared Doves

Question 5

Changes in the density of predator populations in response to increased prey density

Answer 5

Numerical Responses

Question 6

Who said this:
Because the reproductive rate of small mammals is so high, there was an almost immediate increase in density with increase in food

Answer 6

Holling (1959)

Question 7

A group of subpopulations living on such patches connected by exchange of individuals among patches

Answer 7

Metapopulations

Question 8

A part of a larger population with which it sustains a limited exchange of individuals through immigration and emigration

Answer 8

Subpopulation

Question 9

What organism was used to study metapopulations?

Answer 9

Parnassius smintheus
Rocky Mountain Parnassian Butterfly

Question 10

Summarizes the pattern of survival in a population

Answer 10

Survivorship Curve

Question 11

Book-keeping devices that list both the survivorship and deaths in populations

Answer 11

Life Tables

Question 12

A group born during the same time period

Answer 12

Cohort

Question 13

A life table made from data collected from a group born during the same time period

Answer 13

Cohort Life Table

Question 14

A life table made by recording the age at death of a large number of individuals

Answer 14

Static Life Table

Question 15

Consists of the proportion of individuals of different ages within a population

Answer 15

Age Distribution

Question 16

Who studied and what organism was used to study High Survival Among the Young?

Answer 16

Adolf Murie
Dall Sheep

Question 17

Assumes that the difference in number of individuals in one age class and the next is the result of mortality

Answer 17

Static Life Table

Question 18

Who studied and what organism was used to study High Mortality Among the Young?

Answer 18

Ahmed Hegazi
Cleome droserifolia

Question 19

Type of Survivorship Curve
Juvenile survival is high and most mortality occurs among older individuals

Answer 19

Type I

Question 20

Type of Survivorship Curve
Individuals die at equal rates, regardless of age

Answer 20

Type II

Question 21

Type of Survivorship Curve
Individuals die at a high rate as juveniles and then at much lower rates later in life

Answer 21

Type III

Question 22

Indicates periods of successful reproduction, high and low survival, and whether the older individuals in a population are replacing themselves or if the population is declining

Answer 22

Age Distribution

Question 23

The […] of a population reflects its history of survival, reproduction, and potential for future growth

Answer 23

age distribution

Question 24

Who studied and what organism was used to study dynamic population in a variable climate?

Answer 24

Rosemary & Peter Grant
Cactus Finch

Question 25

A term used in mammals and other live-bearing organisms, meaning the number of young born per female in a period of time

Answer 25

Birthrate

Question 26

Refers to any other processes that produce new individuals in the population

Answer 26

Birth

Question 27

The tabulation of birthrates for females of different ages in a population

Answer 27

Fecundity Schedule