Population Ecology Vocab ELearning

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Group of same species organisms in one place at one time.

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Population

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Individuals moving INTO a population from elsewhere.

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Immigration

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Individuals moving OUT of a population.

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Emigration

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Under ideal conditions with unlimited resources, a population grows unchecked, meaning larger populations grow faster.

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Exponential Growth

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Population growth slows and stops due to limiting factors.

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Logistic Growth

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Max individuals an environment can support long term.

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Carrying capacity

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Factor controlling population growth.

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Limiting factor

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Limiting factors that strongly affect high population numbers (disease, competition, parasitism, predation).

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Density Dependent

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Limiting factors affecting populations regardless of size (storms, drought, fire, floods).

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Density Independent

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Growth model matching human population data?

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Exponential