Population ecology exam 4

Question 1

individuals of a species living in a given are at same time, consuming same resources, interbreeding

Answer 1

Population

Question 2

study of interrelationships among living organisms and their environment

Answer 2

Ecology

Question 3

study of how, why population size changes

Answer 3

Population ecology

Question 4

Growth rate=

Answer 4

r x N
N=population
r=per capita growth rate

Question 5

exponential growth model is when

Answer 5

growth rate is constant percent of population size

Question 6

When population size N equals carrying capacity, K, then

Answer 6

growth rate is zero and the population is large