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| 2402917872 | population ecology | study of populations in relation to environment | 0 | |
| 2402919925 | populaiton | group of individuals of a single species living in the same general area | 1 | |
| 2402920708 | density | number of individuals per unit area or volume | 2 | |
| 2402921441 | dispersion | pattern of spacing among individuals within the boundaries of the population | 3 | |
| 2402925043 | How can population size be determined? | extrapolation from small samples, index of population size, or the mark-recapture method | 4 | |
| 2402926308 | Density is the result of? | interplay between processes that add and remove individuals | 5 | |
| 2402930538 | immigration | influx of new individuals from other areas | 6 | |
| 2402931127 | emigration | movement of individuals out of a population | 7 | |
| 2402933782 | What factors influence spacing? | environmental and social factors | 8 | |
| 2402936572 | clumped dispersion | individuals aggregate in patches, usually influenced by behavior or resource availability | 9 | |
| 2402938288 | uniform dispersion | individuals are evenly distribute, usually because of social interactions like territoriality | 10 | |
| 2402940857 | random dispersion | position of individuals is independent of other individuals | 11 | |
| 2402941865 | demography | study of vital statistics of a population and how they change over time | 12 | |
| 2402943863 | life table | age-specific summary of survival patterns in a population | 13 | |
| 2402944839 | cohort | group of individuals of the same age | 14 | |
| 2402948129 | survivorship curve | graphic way of representing the data in a life table | 15 | |
| 2402952288 | Type I survivorship curve | low death rates early on then an increase amongst older groups | 16 | |
| 2402955249 | Type II survivorship curves | constant death rate over organism's life span | 17 | |
| 2402956575 | Type III survivorship curve | high death rates for young, slower death rate for survivors | 18 | |
| 2402963989 | reproductive table/fertility schedule | age-specific summary of a population's reproductive rates | 19 | |
| 2402971731 | life history | traits that affect its schedule of reproduction and survival | 20 | |
| 2402974765 | What are the traits of life history? | the age when reproduction begins, the frequency of reproduction, and the amount of offspring produced per cycle | 21 | |
| 2402981563 | semelparity/big-bang reproduction | reproduce once then die | 22 | |
| 2402982324 | iteroparity/repeated reproduction | produce offspring repeatedly | 23 | |
| 2402985476 | Unpredicable environments favor what kind of reproduciton? | semelparity/big-bang | 24 | |
| 2403001206 | exponential population growth | population increase under idealized conditions | 25 | |
| 2403065795 | What kind of growth is usually represented by a J curve? | exponential population growth | 26 | |
| 2403078704 | carrying capacity | maximum population size that an environment can support | 27 | |
| 2403079571 | logistic population growth | rate of increase declines as carrying capacity is reached | 28 | |
| 2403081939 | What kind of growth is usually represented by an S curve? | logistic population growth | 29 | |
| 2403110341 | density independent populations | birth/death rates aren't affected by density | 30 | |
| 2403111701 | density dependent populations | birth rates fall and death rates rise with population density | 31 | |
| 2403120423 | Competition for territory may limit what? | density | 32 | |
| 2403128967 | Can population density affect disease? | yes | 33 | |
| 2403130759 | metapopulations | groups of populations linked by immigration and emigration | 34 | |
| 2403142839 | population dynamics | interactions between biotic and abiotic factors that cause variation in population size | 35 | |
| 2403148469 | demographic transition | move from the first state to the second state | 36 | |
| 2403149208 | age structure | relative number of individuals at each age | 37 | |
| 2403151029 | ecological footprint | measure of how close an area is to its carrying capacity | 38 |
