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8989714914Three types of population distributionRandom, Uniform, Clumped0
8989714915Density Dependent FactorA factor that influences an individuals probability of survival and reproduction in a manner that depends on the size of the population (i.e. predation, disease, food supply)1
8989714916Density Independent FactorA factor that has the same effect on a individual's probability of survival and reproduction at any populations size2
8989714917exponential growth modelsoccurs when populations are not limited by resources. (J-curve)3
8989714918logistical growth modeloccurs when populations reach a carrying capacity established by a limiting resource and initially experience large growth but then level off. However, they do not exist exactly at carrying capacity. They fluctuate above and below.4
8989714919Type I, II, III Curvesreproductive strategies of different species. Type I fosters their young, Type II does sorta kinda, and type III straight up ditches their kids5
8989714920K selective strategiesA species with a low intrinsic growth rate that causes the population to increase slowly until it reaches carrying capacity (TYPE I)6
8989714921R selective strategiesA species with a high intrinsic growth rate that causes the population to overshoot and quickly die off (TYPE III)7
8989714922Population sizeThe total number of individuals within a defined area at a given time8
8989714923Population densityThe number of individuals per unit area at a given time9
8989714924Population distributionHow individuals are distributed with respect to one another10
8989714925Population age structurehow many individuals fit into age categories. Shown by age structure diagrams11
8989714926Growth RateThe number of offspring an individual can produce in a given period of time, minus the deaths of the individual or offspring during the same period12
8989714927MetapopulationsA group of spatially distinct populations that are connected by occasional movements of individuals between the populations13
8989714928CompetitionThe struggle of individuals to obtain a limiting resource14
8989714929Resource partitioningWhere species work together and divide up a resource like birds in a tree-this can reduce competition15
8989714930PredationThe use of one species as a resource by another species16
8989714931ParasitesType of predation when species live on or in the organism they consume17
8989714932ParasitoidsType of predation when species lay eggs inside other organisms18
8989714933MutualismA type of interspecific interaction where both species benefit19
8989714934CommensalismA type of relationship in which one species benefits but the other is neither helped nor hurt20
8989714935Keystone SpeciesKeystone or Busch? Jk nah this is a species that plays a role in its community that is far more important that ints relative abundance might suggest21
8989714936Primary SuccessionOccurs on surfaces that are initially devoid of soil. Starts with moss and lichens on the exposed rock and it it progresses to shrubs and plants and eventually restores ecosystem.22
8989714937Secondary SuccessionOccurs in areas that have been disturbed but have not lost their soil23
8989714938Community EcologyThe study of the interactions between species in a habitat24
8989714939Competitive exclusion principletwo species competing for the same limited resource cannot coexist. This explains why resource partitioning takes place so that both can survive25
8989714940Interspecific CompetitionWhen two species compete over one limited resource26
8989714941Intraspecific CompetitionWhen two individuals within the same species compete over one limited resource27
8989714942Factors that determine species richnessLatitude (distance from equator), Time (older the habitat, the higher SR), Habitat size (larger=greater)28
8989714943Theory of Island BiogeographyExplains that both habitat size and distance determine species richness29
8989714944How does the human population not have a food deficit?Innovation and Technology30
8989714945growth rate equationCBR-CDR/1031
8989714946doubling time for a population equation70/growth rate32
8989714947DemographyThe study of human populations and population trends33
8989714948Total Fertility Rate (TFR)estimate of the average number of children each woman will bear in her lifetime34
8989714949Replacement level fertility (RLF)2.135
8989714950Developed CountriesCountries with high levels of industrialization and income36
8989714951Developing CountriesCountries with relatively low levels of industrialization and income37
8989714952Life ExpectancyThe average number of years that an infant born in a particular year in a particular country can be expected to live, given the current average life span and death rate of that country38
8989714953Infant Mortality RateNumber of deaths of children under the age of one per 1000 births39
8989714954Child Mortality RateNumber of deaths of children under the age of five per 1000 births40
8989714955Demographic TransitionThe theory that as a country moves from a subsistence economy to and industrialized one, it undergoes a predictable shift in population growth41
8989714956Family PlanningRegulating the number or spacing of children through the use of birth control42
8989714957IPAT equationenvironmental Impact=Population, Affluence, Technology43

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