Population Dynamics Flashcards

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Carrying capacity

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Largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support

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Limiting Factor

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Factor that causes the growth of a population to decrease

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Age structure

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Number of males and females of each age in a population

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Emigration

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Movement of individuals out of an area

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Exponential growth

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Growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at an increasing rate

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Immigration

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Movement of individuals into a population

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Logistic growth

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Growth pattern in which a population's growth slows and then stops following a period of exponential growth

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Population density

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Number of individuals per unit area

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Population distribution

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Description of how a population is spread out in an area

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Density-dependent limiting factor

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Limiting factor that depends on population density