Population Ecology Review

A group of one species in one area

Multiple species that live in one area

All of the living and nonliving things in an area

None of these

limiting factors

only biotic factors

only abiotic factors

none of the above

increase in predators

disease

increase in available food

drought

carrying capacity

lag phase

population crash

mutualism

Emigration

Limiting Factors

Immigration

Exponential Growth

grow

shrink

stay the same

None of these

Emigration

Limiting Factors

Immigration

Exponential Growth

Age and Gender

Gender and Race

Age and Race

Land size

Percentages are used to measure the population.

There are more males than females in the age cohort 20-24.

There are no males over the age of 70.

Children

(young)

Retirees

(older)

Workers

(middle age)

Developed

Developing

They are experiencing rapid population growth

They are experiencing stable population growth

They are experiencing negative population growth

They are experiencing rapid population growth

They are experiencing stable population growth

They are experiencing negative population growth

Unusual weather

Natural disaster

Births

Disease

competition

Natural disaster

Stress

Disease

clumped dispersion.

uniform dispersion.

random dispersion

scatter dispersion

uniform, clumped, random

uneven, clumped, random

uniform, uneven, random

uniform, clumped, uneven

Random

Uniform

Clumped

Uevenn

uniform

clumped

random

none of these