STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE PART 6

Question 1

The most important differences among individuals in a population are

Answer 1

age and sex

- we know that the probability of living/dying and reproducing is not the same for all age classes

Question 2

Age-structured models keep track of the population in a very simple way

Answer 2

they keep track of the age classes within the population

Question 3

Each age class will have

Answer 3

age-specific prospects of death and reproduction

Question 4

Why are females the sex of importance in age-structured populations

Answer 4

Females are the population determining factor as they are responsible for the future generation
- we also only consider the daughters they have due to the fact that the sex ratio of many individuals is 1:1