week 4

Question 1

how to you check a population

Answer 1

through mortality or failure to reproduce

Question 2

why do there need to be checks on a population

Answer 2

so there can be differential reproductive success and competition to be represented in the next generation

Question 3

how does the environment play a role in reproductive success

Answer 3

e.g. the ground being sandy. we say sandy ground ‘selects for’ being yellow