Population Ecology Flashcards
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Population Ecology
Definition
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The study of how and why population size changes over time and the effects that population change has on the population.
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Reasons for studying Pop Ecology
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Provides important info for maintaining ecosystems that serve us
Ex. understanding how populations of food grow, so to better plan farms
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Methods and Questions
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- Figure out how many individuals there are in a population and why the population is gropwing or declining
- monitoring the changes of specific elements of a population (numbers, ages, sex ratio) over time
- keeping track of factors that effect these changes, and making predictions about and studying outcomes of population changes
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Exponential Population Growth
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