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| 5581846759 | Population Size | The number of individual organisms present in a population at a given time. |  | 0 |
| 5581846760 | Population Density | The number of individuals in a population per unit of area. |  | 1 |
| 5581846761 | Population Distribution | How organisms are arranged within an area; sometimes called population dispersion. |  | 2 |
| 5581846764 | Immigration | The movement of individuals in to a given area. |  | 3 |
| 5581846765 | Emigration | The movement of individuals away from a given area. |  | 4 |
| 5581846766 | Migration | The seasonal movement of organisms into and out of an area. |  | 5 |
| 5581846767 | Exponential Growth | The pattern of population growth in which a population increases by a fixed percentage each year. |  | 6 |
| 5581846768 | Limiting Factors | A characteristic of the environment that restricts population growth. |  | 7 |
| 5581846769 | Carrying Capacity | The largest population a given environment can support. |  | 8 |
| 5581846770 | Logistic Growth | The pattern of population growth in which exponential growth is slowed and finally stopped by limiting factors. |  | 9 |
| 5581846771 | Density-dependent factors | A limiting factor whose influence changes with population density; includes competition, predation, and disease |  | 10 |
| 5581846772 | Density-independent factors | A limiting factor whose influence is NOT affected by population density; includes catastrophic events (e.i. hurricanes, ice storms...) |  | 11 |
| 5581846773 | Birth Rate | Total number of births per population in a given time period |  | 12 |
| 5581846774 | Death Rate | Total number of deaths per population in a given time period |  | 13 |
| 5581846779 | sustainable development | a way of using natural resources without depleting them |  | 14 |
| 5581846780 | biodiversity | the total genetic based variety of organisms |  | 15 |
| 5581846781 | extinction | when a species disappears from all or part of its range |  | 16 |
| 5581846782 | endangered species | a species whose population numbers are declining; in danger or extinction |  | 17 |
| 5581846783 | habitat fragmentation | when development splits an ecosystem into smaller pieces |  | 18 |
| 5581846785 | invasive species | introduced species into a new habitat that thrive due to lack of competition or predators |  | 19 |
| 5581851982 | intraspecific competition | members of the same species compete for limited resources |  | 20 |
| 5581852917 | Interspecific competition | members of different species compete for limited resources |  | 21 |
| 5581859710 | K selected species | Those organisms living longer lives and having fewer babies |  | 22 |
| 5581866935 | r selected species | Those organisms living shorter lives and having many smaller babies |  | 23 |
| 5581868748 | Type 1 survivorship curve | High survivorship over time |  | 24 |
| 5581870246 | Type 2 survivorship curve | A constant proportion of individuals dying over time | | 25 |
| 5581873457 | Type 3 survivorship curve | High mortality at early an early age | | 26 |
| 8171165410 | Population dynamics | The study of how and why populations change in their distribution, numbers, age structure and density in response to environmental conditions | 27 | |
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